...and the Sky Above Us (1947)
Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market activities. This so disgusts Richter's son, blind ex-soldier Edwin (Paul Edwin Roth), that the boy literally disowns his father. Hans eventually mends his ways, but not before several other devastating setbacks.
Director: Josef von Báky
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Hans Albers as Hans Richter |
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Lotte Koch as Edith Schröder |
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Paul Edwin Roth as Werner Richter |
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Annemarie Hase as Frau Burghardt |
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Heidi Scharf as Mizzi Burghardt |
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Ralph Lothar as Fritz |
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Otto Gebühr as Lehrer Heise |
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Elsa Wagner as Frau Heise |
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Herbert Stass as Walter |
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Ursula Barlen as |
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Ludwig Linkmann as |
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Helmuth Helsig as |
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Marianne Lutz as |
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Reinhold Bernt as |
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Erwin Biegel as |
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Erich Dunskus as |
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Karl Hannemann as |
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Alfred Maack as |
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Gustav Püttjer as |
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Walter Strasen as |
| Directing | Josef von Báky | Director |
| Writing | Gerhard Grindel | Writer |
| Camera | Werner Krien | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Wolfgang Becker | Editor |
| Sound | Theo Mackeben | Music |