...and the Sky Above Us (1947)

7.1/10 103 min Drama Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Hans Albers

Hans Richter

Lotte Koch

Edith Schröder

Paul Edwin Roth

Werner Richter

Annemarie Hase

Frau Burghardt

Heidi Scharf

Mizzi Burghardt

Ralph Lothar

Fritz

Otto Gebühr

Lehrer Heise

Elsa Wagner

Frau Heise

Ludwig Linkmann

Reinhold Bernt

Erich Dunskus

Alfred Maack

Gustav Püttjer

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