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I Was Nineteen 1968 Directed by Konrad Wolf Ich war neunzehn

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.

Production Country East Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Release Date 1 February 1968
115 mins
Cast
Jaecki Schwarz Gregor Hecker
Rolf Hoppe Etappenmajor Behring
Galina Polskikh Sowjetisches Mädchen
Jürgen Hentsch Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
Kurt Böwe SS-Sturmbannführer
Hermann Beyer Zweiter befreiter Häftling
Mikhail Gluzskiy Sowjetisches General
Jenny Gröllmann deutsches Mädchen
Wolfgang Greese Landschaftsarchitekt
Johannes Wieke Oberst Lewerenz
Fritz Mohr Feldwebel
Otto Lang Pfarrer