Our Daily Bread (1949)

6.0/10 • 105 min • Drama

Overview

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

Cast

Paul Bildt

Harry Hindemith

Paul Edwin Roth

Viktoria von Ballasko

Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau

Inge Landgut

Erna Sellmer

Walter Gross

Alfred Balthoff

Fachingenieur Bergstetter

Ina Halley

Niki

Irene Korb

Eduard Wandrey

Friedrich Gnaß

Erich Dunskus

Wirt

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