Storyline
Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys' attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.
Cast & Crew
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Corona
Lead
Lutz Moik
Gerhard
PC
Piet Clausen
Dietrich
RS
Ralph Siewert
Fritzchen
HG
Horst Gentzen
Emil
Hans-Edgar Stecher
Heinz
HN
Hans Neie
Rudi
WM
Werner Müller
Karlchen
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hans Müller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. 1-2-3 Corona is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
