It was part of the Sally series of films featuring Lubitsch as a sharp young Berliner of Jewish heritage.

When he was a young Berliner, he recalled later, "it was impossible to avoid being made enormously, prematurely conscious of the world around one."

Can I join the KaffeeklatschT said L6wenherz, 'The whole points system should be revised,' said Leutnant Kokke, a young Berliner.

Some people said the young Berliner was an agent provocateur in the pay of the Gestapo.

Like so many young Berliners and foreigners, he had come to the city to revel in its thriving art scene.

Modern-day Berliners, young or old, tend to be cheerfully unflappable people with as much sang-froid as native New Yorkers: it takes a great deal to impress them.

The smoke-filled cafes around Simon-Dach-Strasse are full of young Berliners priced out of the central Mitte district; beers are usually under 2.50 euros.

Yet appreciating the younger Berliner's fond fascination with his family (Alan is much taken with genealogy) is not the same as sharing it.

They were part of a collective of young Berliners who wrote and produced the film themselves, on a shoestring budget.

(One of the running themes of the movie is to play down the importance of the cinema in the lives of these young Berliners.)