This films is a satirical parable of post-war Germany presented in retrospect from the year 2048. Gerd Fröbe is the german average citizen 'Otto Normalverbraucher' who returns to Berlin after wartime prison experiences. Back at home he finds black marketeers, reactionaries, he seeks work and food and in the end even finds his 'dreamwoman'. (rough n' ready transl.)Told in the style of the German cabaret theatre, where both Gunther Neumann and Gert Frobe were important members, this is a balladeer's version of a serious plot with musical interludes. The year is 2050 and the audience is asked to look at a telecast of 'The Ancients", from a century ago. Flashback to Germany, 1948, where Otto Normalverbraucher (Otto Averageman in the English-narrated version) is just returning from service in the German army during World War II. His experiences, told tongue-in-cheek, of the troubles that beset the average, law-abiding German citizen in post-war, war-torn destitute Germany and his awareness of the changes and problems are the bulk of the story.
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