I Was Nineteen

Drama/History, GDR 1968

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April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from the very country he was born in. Through dealing with challenging situations (e.g. he is appointed commander of Bernau, talks to many disillusioned Germans, and is once and again attacked by scattered groups of German soldiers), he grows more confident that not all hope is lost for post-war Germany.
115 min
HD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German

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Director:

Konrad Wolf

Editor:

Evelyn Carow

Cast:

Jaecki Schwarz (Gregor Hecker)

Vasiliy Livanov (Wadim Gejman)

Dieter Mann (Willi Lommer)

Johannes Wieke (Colonel Lewerenz)

Rolf Hoppe (Major Behring)

Jürgen Hentsch (First Lieutenant Schenk)

Original title:

Ich war neunzehn

Further titles:

Ich war 19

Format:

4:3 HD, B/W

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German