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I Was Nineteen

I Was Nineteen

1968•1h 55m•7.3/10
DramaHistoryWar

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7.3/10(19)

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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Production

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Jaecki Schwarz

Jaecki Schwarz

Gregor Hecker

Vasiliy Livanov

Vasiliy Livanov

Wadim

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

Etappenmajor Behring

Galina Polskikh

Galina Polskikh

Sowjetisches Mädchen

Jürgen Hentsch

Jürgen Hentsch

Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant

Kurt Böwe

Kurt Böwe

SS-Sturmbannführer

Hermann Beyer

Hermann Beyer

Zweiter befreiter Häftling

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Sowjetisches General

Jenny Gröllmann

Jenny Gröllmann

deutsches Mädchen

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Landschaftsarchitekt

Johannes Wieke

Johannes Wieke

Oberst Lewerenz

Fritz Mohr

Feldwebel

Otto Lang

Pfarrer

Aleksey Eybozhenko

Aleksey Eybozhenko

Anatoliy Solovyov

Anatoliy Solovyov

Klaus Manchen

Klaus Manchen

Walter Bechstein

Afanasi Kochetkov

Afanasi Kochetkov

Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann

Wolfgang Winkler

Wolfgang Winkler

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