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Berlinger (1975)
Director: Alf Brustellin
Cast: Martin Benrath, Hannelore Elsner, Peter Ehrlich, Tilo Prückner
Runtime115 min
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A fictional, non-chronological account of the life of the scientist, adventurer and industrialist Lukas Berlinger. The key dates and central events include Berlinger's birth in 1914, his friendship with Johannes Roeder, who was the same age, his marriage to Marlit in the early 1930s and Roeder's joining the NSDAP in 1936. As a chemist and "scientist important to the war effort", Berlinger was not required to go to the front during the Second World War, but it was slowly discovered that he was helping persecuted people to escape to Switzerland. Pressure from the Gestapo cost Marlit her life, and Berlinger fled to South America. It was not until 1968 that he returned to the western part of Germany. He meets Roeder again, who is now a senator and has become rich as a "building tycoon", and meets Maria, a teacher almost 30 years his junior, who looks strikingly similar to Marlit.
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Berlinger, the 1975 drama directed by Alf Brustellin, presents a fictionalized account of the life of scientist and adventurer Lukas Berlinger. While details of its critical reception are unclear, the film's unique non-chronological storytelling approach likely made it a divisive work among critics and audiences at the time.
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Fans of thoughtful, non-linear dramas will appreciate the unique storytelling approach in this 1975 film directed by Alf Brustellin. The fictional biopic explores the life of industrialist Lukas Berlinger in a series of vignettes, offering a rich, multi-faceted portrait of a man grappling with the moral complexities of wartime and his own past.
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Berlinger may refer to:Berlinger & Co. AG, a company producing doping control systems in Ganterschwil, Switzerland Barney Berlinger (1908–2002), American decathlete Joe Berlinger, American documentary film-maker Robert Berlinger, American film and television director Warren Berlinger (1937–2020), American actor
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