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Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 73
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most comedies, −11 min on the typical 100
typical 10089Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1948
December 31, 1948
78 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
BAFTA Awards1950
- British Academy Film Awards1950Nominated
and 8 more15 people
- Gert FröbeOtto Normalverbraucher
- Tatjana SaisIda Holle
- USUte SielischEva Wandel
- Aribert WäscherAnton Zeithammer
- O.E. HasseDer Reaktionär
- Hans DeppeEmil Lemke
- WOWerner OehlschlägerRaisonneur
- Erik OdeStimme
- Karl SchönböckRundfunkreporter
- Herbert HübnerHerr Bollmann
- ASAlfred SchieskeHerr Schneidewind
- RPRita PaulSängerin
Brigitte MiraDirne
Georgia LindDirne
Clemens HassePfarrer
Directing · 1
- Robert A. Stemmle Director
Writing · 1
- Günter Neumann Writer, Music
Production · 5
- Heinz Rühmann Producer
- Alf Teichs Producer
- Martin Sternberg Unit Manager
- Werner Drake Production Manager
- Bruno Michalk Unit Manager
Camera · 1
- Georg Krause Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Walter Wischniewsky Editor
Sound · 2
- Werner Eisbrenner Music
- Hans Löhmer Sound
Art · 1
- Gabriel Pellon Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Gertraud Recke Costume Design
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