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I Was Nineteen

1968 · 1h 55m · Drama, History, War

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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Cast

• Jaecki Schwarz as Gregor Hecker
• Vasiliy Livanov as Wadim
• Rolf Hoppe as Etappenmajor Behring
• Galina Polskikh as Sowjetisches Mädchen
• Jürgen Hentsch as Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
• Kurt Böwe as SS-Sturmbannführer
• Hermann Beyer as Zweiter befreiter Häftling
• Mikhail Gluzskiy as Sowjetisches General
• Jenny Gröllmann as deutsches Mädchen
• Wolfgang Greese as Landschaftsarchitekt
• Johannes Wieke as Oberst Lewerenz
• Fritz Mohr as Feldwebel

Details

Director

Konrad Wolf

Released

February 1, 1968

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, History, War

Studio

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

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.5 / 10 from 24 votes