Berlinger,is,the,sorty,of,two,men,who,grow,up,together,in,pre-war,Germany;,when,Roeder‘s,parents,die,,Berlinger‘s,father,takes,the,orphanedboy,under,his,care.,As,the,two,boys,approach,adulthood,,their,contraddictory,temperaments,lead,them,along,different,paths:,the,idealistic,young,Berlinger,,a,brilliant,chemist,,refuses,to,give,his,father‘s,factoy,over,to,the,Nazi,war,effort,,much,to,the,dismay,of,his,friend,Roeder,,who,has,been,managing,the,plant,for,him,and,has,joined,the,Nazi,party.,Depsite,the,pressure,Roeder,puts,on,Berlinger,to,accede,,such,as,threatening,the,lives,of,Berlinger‘s,wife,and,child,,nothing,can,coerce,the,staunch,individualist,to,douse,his,spirit,,and,he,takes,his,only,recourseby,escaping,to,Latin,America,and,leaving,his,wife,and,child,behind.,Thirty,years,later,Berlinger,returns,,still,the,stubborn,ninconformist,,mad,about,fying,and,filled,with,dreams,of,building,a,fleet,of,zeppelins,in,the,now,ramshackle,factory.,Roeder,too,is,unchanged,with,an,austerity,similar,to,the,skyscraper,offcie,from,which,he,manages,his,company.,Once,more,the,ambitions,of,the,two,men,clash:,Roeder,depends,on,Berlinger,to,sell,his,land,in,order,to,successfully,conclude,his,property,development,schemes.
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