I Was Nineteen
Ich war neunzehn
1968, Film, 114 min, Biography, Drama, War, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 69
A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him to confront the atrocities and lies he encounters along the way.
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Directed by Konrad Wolf
Cast
- Jaecki Schwarz as Gregor Hecker
- Vasiliy Livanov as Wadim Gejman
- Aleksey Eybozhenko as Sascha Ziganjuk
- Dieter Mann as Willi Lommer
- Johannes Wieke as Oberst Lewerenz
- Rolf Hoppe as Major Behring
- Jürgen Hentsch as Oberleutnant Schenk
- Kalmursa Rachmanov as Dsingis
- Anatoliy Solovyov as Starschinka
- Jenny Gröllmann as Deutsches Mädchen
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