Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.
Cast
Gert Fröbe
Otto Normalverbraucher
Tatjana Sais
Ida Holle
Ute Sielisch
Eva Wandel
Aribert Wäscher
Anton Zeithammer
O.E. Hasse
Der Reaktionär
Hans Deppe
Emil Lemke
Werner Oehlschläger
Raisonneur
Erik Ode
Stimme
Karl Schönböck
Rundfunkreporter
Herbert Hübner
Herr Bollmann
Alfred Schieske
Herr Schneidewind
Rita Paul
Sängerin
Brigitte Mira
Dirne
Georgia Lind
Dirne
Clemens Hasse
Pfarrer
Herbert Weißbach
Unknown
Kurt Weitkamp
Unknown
Franz-Otto Krüger
Unknown
Erwin Biegel
Unknown
Marianne Prenzel
Unknown
Otto Matthies
Unknown
Walter Strasen
Unknown
Georg August Koch
Unknown
Franz Pollandt
Unknown
Walter Schramm
Unknown
Valy Arnheim
Unknown
Walter Bechmann
Unknown
Alfred Beierle
Unknown
Reinhold Bernt
Unknown
Albert Bessler
Unknown
Walter Bluhm
Unknown
Erich Dunskus
Unknown
Joe Furtner
Unknown
Kurt Getke
Unknown
Herwart Grosse
Unknown
Karl Hannemann
Unknown
Helmut Heyne
Unknown
Hugo Kalthoff
Unknown
Alfred Maack
Unknown
Edgar Pauly
Unknown
Hans Schille
Unknown
Otz Tollen
Unknown
Ilse Trautschold
Unknown
Theodor Vogeler
Unknown
Erik von Loewis
Unknown
Werner Völger
Unknown
Georg Völkel
Unknown
Alexander Welbat
Unknown
Eduard Wenck
Unknown
Crew
Robert A. Stemmle
Director
Günter Neumann
Writer, Music
Walter Wischniewsky
Editor
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Heinz Rühmann
Producer
Alf Teichs
Producer
Gabriel Pellon
Production Design
Gertraud Recke
Costume Design
Hans Löhmer
Sound
Werner Eisbrenner
Music
Werner Drake
Production Manager
Bruno Michalk
Unit Manager
Martin Sternberg
Unit Manager
