Helmuth Helsig

Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates. (Description from Wikipedia)

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.

Hendrik et Willi sont propriétaires d'une péniche qui navigue sur la Havel. Comme tous les marins, ils ont une fiancée dans chaque port, mais rêvent pourtant d'un grand amour. Un soir, depuis le bateau, ils remarquent une jeune femme qui semble vouloir se jeter d'un pont. Ils se précipitent à son secours et découvrent qu'elle voulait seulement lancer un objet dans le fleuve. Anna, une femme mystérieuse, se laisse convaincre d'accompagner les deux amis jusqu'à Berlin. Voilà nos deux mariniers amoureux fous et prompts à s'opposer pour obtenir les faveurs de la belle. Leur voyage s'annonce compliqué et leur belle amitié pourrait bien être mise à mal...

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.