Synopsis
Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War has to do all kinds of work and tricks to help his family in getting food and barely survive. One day he meets a man who used to be one of his teachers in school and hopes to get support from him, but the ideas of this man do not lead Edmund in a clearer or safer way of living...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
- Foreign production companies : DEFA - Studio Babelsberg, Tevere Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (AGDC)
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Roberto Rossellini, Carlo Lizzani
- Dialogue Writer : Max Kolpé
- Director of Photography : Robert Juillard
- Music Composer : Renzo Rossellini
- Assistant directors : Max Kolpé, Carlo Lizzani
- Editor : Eraldo Da Roma
- Foreign producers : Roberto Rossellini, Alfredo Guarini, Salvo D'Angelo
- Co-producer : André Halley Des Fontaines
- Camera Operator : Jacques Robin
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : War, Drama
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : No