[2] As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] among the thousands of refugees who flocked to Berlin was the family of a Polish professor (Alderson) and the days following the war show them in a terrific struggle for mere existence.

They manage to get a place to live but their combined resources and the high prices of food during the Great Inflation result in their only being able to get a potato apiece and for long periods they have to subsist on horse turnips.

Inga works overtime in another place and collects a pitiful supply of things for their new home, and Paul builds a little hut and finds a little allotment where he grows enough potatoes to keep him through the winter.

The world looks grim, but Inga rises to the occasion and makes Paul realize that they still have each other and that after all, “Isn’t Life Wonderful.” Most of the scenes were filmed in Germany and Austria.

The film was a failure at the box office, and it led to Griffith leaving United Artists shortly after its run in theaters.