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I Was Nineteen
1968 7.2 (16 votes) 1h 55m
Genres
Drama History
Production Companies
DEFA
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director of Photography: Werner Bergmann

Director: Konrad Wolf

Writer: Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Gerhard Wolf

Top 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

2. befreiter Häftling

Mikhail Gluzskiy
Mikhail Gluzskiy

Sowjetisches General

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