1-2-3 Corona

Sep 17, 1948

1h 29m

★ 6.3

Overview

Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys' attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Corona

Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Gerhard

Lutz Moik

Dietrich

Piet Clausen

Fritzchen

Ralph Siewert

Emil

Horst Gentzen

Heinz

Hans-Edgar Stecher

Rudi

Hans Neie

Karlchen

Werner Müller

Dr. Waldner

Walter Werner

Frau Schmittchen

Annemarie Hase

Studienrat Dr. Hanke

Herbert Hübner

Hugo Grandini

Eduard Wandrey

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