I Was Nineteen (1968)
A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him to confront the atrocities and lies he encounters along the way.
Director: Konrad Wolf
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Jaecki Schwarz as Gregor Hecker |
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Vasiliy Livanov as Wadim |
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Rolf Hoppe as Etappenmajor Behring |
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Galina Polskikh as Sowjetisches Mädchen |
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Jürgen Hentsch as Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant |
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Kurt Böwe as SS-Sturmbannführer |
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Hermann Beyer as Zweiter befreiter Häftling |
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Mikhail Gluzskiy as Sowjetisches General |
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Jenny Gröllmann as deutsches Mädchen |
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Wolfgang Greese as Landschaftsarchitekt |
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Johannes Wieke as Oberst Lewerenz |
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Fritz Mohr as Feldwebel |
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Otto Lang as Pfarrer |
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Aleksey Eybozhenko as |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as |
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Klaus Manchen as |
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Walter Bechstein as |
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Afanasi Kochetkov as |
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Dieter Mann as |
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Wolfgang Winkler as |
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Martin Trettau as |
| Camera | Werner Bergmann | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Konrad Wolf | Director |
| Writing | Konrad Wolf | Writer |
| Writing | Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Writer |
| Writing | Gerhard Wolf | Writer |
| Editing | Evelyn Carow | Editor |