I Was Nineteen
1968 · Movie · 115 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
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. Based on the diary entries of director Konrad Wolf, the episodic movie authentically portrays the protagonist's struggle to come to terms with his own past and identity.
Direction Konrad Wolf
Cast Jaecki Schwarz · Vasili Livanov · Aleksei Ejbozhenko · Galina Polskikh · Rolf Hoppe · Wolfgang Greese · Dieter Mann · Jenny Gröllmann · Kalmursa Rachmanov · Johannes Wieke
Screenplay Wolfgang Kohlhaase · Konrad Wolf
Cinematography Werner Bergmann
Original title Ich war neunzehn (Ich war 19) (I Was Nineteen)
7.2
115 votes (FilmAffinity)
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