Ich zwing dich zu leben

Ich zwing dich zu leben (1978)

Drama

Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains together with his 15-year old son Wolfgang. At school, the dutiful Grübler, a member of the NSDAP, teaches his pupils to volunteer for military service, but when his own son volunteers for the Waffen SS, he is nevertheless shocked and fears for his boy′s life. But Wolfgang starts to hate his father for his doubts: He thinks his father is a coward. In his desperation, Grübler chains and kidnaps his son to hide him in a dugout in the forest until the end of the war. In their shelter, father and son are fighting bitterly but when the Nazis who still believe in the "Endsieg" discover their hideout, Grübler sacrifices his life to save Wolfgang.

Director: Ralf Kirsten

Casts

	Rolf Ludwig as Lehrer Grübler
	Peter Welz as Sohn Wolfgang
	Robert Pfeiffer as Direktor Heschke
	Horst Kotterba as Fähnleinführer Wulf
	Dieter Bellmann as Flüchtiger Landser
	Anne-Else Paetzold as Helga Grübler
	Eberhard Kirchberg as
	Erich Mirek as
	Elsa Grube-Deister as
	Dorothea Garlin as
	Käte Koch as
	Doris Schmude as

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