Ich werde nicht schweigen (2017)
TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...
Director: Esther Gronenborn
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Nadja Uhl as Margarete Oelckers |
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Martin Wuttke as Windhorst |
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Rudolf Kowalski as Dr. Paul Ahrens |
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Eleonore Weisgerber as Erna Trauernicht |
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Katja Flint as Frau Ahrens |
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Marek Harloff as Dr. Gruner |
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Matthias Lier as Dr. Jürgensen |
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Janina Fautz as Antje Eversen |
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Barbara Philipp as Frau Schröder |
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Jens Schäfer as Arnold Eversen |
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Patrik Gega as Jochen Oelkers |
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David Bredin as Otto |
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Jan Šeba as Karl Oelkers |
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Petra Zieser as Erna |
| Directing | Esther Gronenborn | Director |
| Sound | Gert Wilden Jr. | Music |
| Camera | Birgit Guðjónsdóttir | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Esther Gronenborn | Author |
| Production | Kerstin Ramcke | Producer |
| Writing | Sönke Lars Neuwöhner | Author |