Eduard Wandrey

Berlin, années 1950. Freddy Borchert, un garçon de 19 ans qui a quitté le foyer familial, est le chef d'une petite bande de voyous dont la vie est rythmée par les vols de voitures luxueuses, les bagarres entre gangs et les soirées rock'n'roll. Un après-midi à la piscine, il rencontre par hasard son petit frère Jan qui l'informe des difficultés financières de leurs parents.

Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers.

The film centres around the young woman Erika, desperately seeking for love and escape from the depression of the times, drifting, and in the end becoming involved with a circle of rich people who sell goods for sexual favours.

Dans Berlin en ruines, plusieurs bandes d'enfants abandonnés errent dans les rues, se livrant à des délits mineurs. Lorsqu'un cirque arrive à proximité, les garçons sont charmés par une trapéziste appelée Corona.

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.