Erziehung vor Verdun 1973 Directed by Egon Günther

The armouring soldier and writer Werner Bertin is ordered to the Western Front to France during the First World War. The use before Verdun - with all the horrors of war in the period 1916/1917 - brings a fundamental change of consciousness for the academic from Berlin. The intellectual devoted to bravery by fate develops into a disappointed but rebellious being. He sees more and more the injustices of warlike conflicts and their social causes.

Country Germany
Production Countries East Germany , Germany
Language German
Spoken Languages English , French , German
Gneres Drama , TV Movie , War
Production Companies DEFA , Fernsehen der DDR
Release Date 25 November 1973
264 mins
Cast
Klaus Piontek Werner Bertin
Benjamin Besson Leutnant Kroysing
Milan Neděla Hauptmann Niggel
Jürgen Hentsch Karl Lebede
Carl Heinz Choynski Unteroffizier Glinski
Axel Dietrich Unteroffizier Süßmann
Uwe Kockisch Christoph Kroysing
Klaus-Peter Thiele Leutnant Mettner
Klaus Manchen Pater Lochner
Ralph Boettner Oberst Stein
Paul Arenkens Major Jantsch
Ernst Schumacher Ernst Schumacher
Egon Günther Leutnant Mahnitz
Werner Kamenik Feldwebel Feicht
Peter Krieg-Helbig Peter Krieg-Helbig
Jean-Pierre Franklemon Schweizer Militärschriftsteller
Ulrich Teschner Unteroffizier Böhme
Willi Scholz Gefreiter aus Baden
Achim Petry Hauptmann Lauber
Victor Keune Feldwebel Graßnick
Jürgen Klauß Rechtsanwalt Porisch
Ernst Ullrich Barbier Neumann
Pelle Pedersen Axel Krog