The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A "heroic deed" which earned him six years in prison. Once behind bars, he was treated with ruthless inhumanity by the guards. And little by little - but inexorably - Franz turned into an insurgent...
Director:
Reinhard Hauff
Writer:
Burkhard Driest
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Jürgen Prochnow as Franz Blum |
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Burkhard Driest as Walter „Tiger“ Kuul |
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Tilo Prückner as Zick Zack |
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Lutz Mackensy as M |
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Fritz Hollenbeck as Aldo Fuchs |
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Edgar Bessen as 2. Aufseher |
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Kurt Raab as Aufseher Wupke |
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Gert Haucke as Oberverwalter Engelweich |
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Charles Brauer as Anstaltsleiter |
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Horst Beck as Dr.Stern |
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Eike Gallwitz as |
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Günter Meisner as Borsig |
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Claus-Dieter Reents as |
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Marianne Kehlau as |
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Günter Spörrle as |
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Franz Josef Steffens as |
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Manfred Günther as |
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Karl-Heinz Merz as |
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Gottfried Kramer as |
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Hanns Gosslar as |
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Jochen Sehrndt as |
| Directing | Reinhard Hauff | Director |
| Production | Gunther Witte | Producer |
| Sound | Michael J. Lewis | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Burkhard Driest | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franz Göbel | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Nikos Perakis | Production Design |
| Editing | Jane Seitz | Editor |
| Camera | W. P. Hassenstein | Director of Photography |