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  • Our Daily Bread (1949)
  • 104 min | Drama
Our Daily Bread (1949)
104 min | Drama

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 ...See moreA 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. With this film, director Slatan Dudow (1903-1963) continued the traditions of proletarian German film from the Weimar Republic. As with his first feature film Kuhle Wampe, from a screenplay by Bertolt Brecht, Dudow wanted an art that "cultivates the viewer's psyche." His postwar films were intended to make the viewers realize the importance of supporting the "new order" in East Germany. Our Daily Bread became known as a premiere film of its day under the rubric of "socialist realism." Slatan Dudow's work was convincing mainly through his detailed descriptions of socialist everyday life. Music by Hanns Eisler was the centerpiece of contemporary review. After coming back from his exile in America, the composer created a score that challenged, thrilled, and focused. Berlin's world of ruins is captured in almost documentary fashion. Written by DEFA Film Library See less
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Oct 5, 1950 (United States)

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57 cast members
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Viktoria von Ballasko
Martha Webers Martha Webers   See fewer
Paul Bildt
Karl Webers Karl Webers   See fewer
Harry Hindemith
Ernst Webers Ernst Webers   See fewer
Paul Edwin Roth
Harry Webers Harry Webers   See fewer
Inge Landgut
Inge Webers Inge Webers   See fewer
Ina Halley
Käthe Webers Käthe Webers   See fewer
Siegmar Schneider
Peter Struwe Peter Struwe   See fewer
Eduard Wandrey
Fürbringer Fürbringer   See fewer
Alfred Balthoff
Bergstetter Bergstetter   See fewer
Irene Korb
Irene Irene   See fewer
Friedrich Gnaß
Albrecht (as Friedrich Gnaas) Albrecht (as Friedrich Gnaas)   See fewer
Helmuth Helsig
Ingenieur Ingenieur   See fewer
Hans Emons
Geschäftsmann Geschäftsmann   See fewer
Friedrich Honna
Schlagcreme-Budenbesitzer Schlagcreme-Budenbesitzer   See fewer
Erna Sellmer
Bäckersfrau Bäckersfrau   See fewer
Albert Venohr
Personalchef Personalchef   See fewer
Walter Gross
Erster Skeptiker Erster Skeptiker   See fewer
Herbert Weissbach
Zweiter Skeptiker Zweiter Skeptiker   See fewer
Peter Marks
Erster Arbeiter Erster Arbeiter   See fewer
Hans Schille
Zweiter Arbeiter Zweiter Arbeiter   See fewer
Gerd E. Schäfer
Junger Arbeiter Junger Arbeiter   See fewer
Dorit Guenther
Webers' Twin Daughter Webers' Twin Daughter   See fewer
Gitta Guenther
Webers' Twin Daughter Webers' Twin Daughter   See fewer
Barbara Adolph
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Frank Arlett
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Fredy Barten
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Helmut Bautzmann
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Walter Bechmann
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Erich Brauer
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Charlotte Brummerhoff
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Peter Federmann
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Guido Goroll
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Erich Gühne
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Maria Havemann
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Ida Perry
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Gustav Püttjer
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Ida Reginek
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Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
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Walter Schramm
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Erich Schubert
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Ingeborg Schäfer
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Erhart Stettner
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Walter Strasen
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Richard Thümmler
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Ilse Trautschold
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Heinz Voss
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Ewald Wenck
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Willi Wietfeldt
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