I Was Nineteen (1968)

I Was Nineteen (1968)

1968-02-01 East Germany 115 Min. PG-13
7.2 16 votes

Overview

Gregor is a young soldier entering Germany with the victorious Soviet troops at the end of WWII. But he is also the child of left-wing Germans who fled from Hitler and spent the war in the Soviet Union. As a result, his return to Germany is ambivalent; he finds he is a stranger in his own land. As they enter Germany, Gregor begins to realize that he is different from all his comrades in arms, for this defeated land is his home country, the Germans he meets are his compatriots. He is a victor, but also one of the vanquished. He attempts to understand the Germans he meets along his way, but he is a 19-year-old: inquisitive, occasionally uncomprehending and repeatedly dismayed by the atrocities and lies he encounters.

Cast

Jaecki Schwarz is Gregor Hecker
Gregor Hecker
Rolf Hoppe is Etappenmajor Behring
Etappenmajor Behring
Галина Польских is Sowjetisches Mädchen
Sowjetisches Mädchen
Jürgen Hentsch is Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
Kurt Böwe is SS-Sturmbannführer
SS-Sturmbannführer
Hermann Beyer is 2. befreiter Häftling
2. befreiter Häftling
Михаил Глузский is Sowjetisches General
Sowjetisches General
Jenny Gröllmann is deutsches Mädchen
deutsches Mädchen
Wolfgang Greese is Landschaftsarchitekt
Landschaftsarchitekt
Johannes Wieke is Oberst Lewerenz
Oberst Lewerenz
Fritz Mohr is Feldwebel
Feldwebel