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.
Watch nowDrama, History, War
Cast
- Jaecki Schwarz — Gregor Hecker
- Vasiliy Livanov — Wadim
- Rolf Hoppe — Etappenmajor Behring
- Galina Polskikh — Sowjetisches Mädchen
- Jürgen Hentsch — Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
- Kurt Böwe — SS-Sturmbannführer
- Hermann Beyer — Zweiter befreiter Häftling
- Mikhail Gluzskiy — Sowjetisches General
- Jenny Gröllmann — deutsches Mädchen
- Wolfgang Greese — Landschaftsarchitekt
- Johannes Wieke — Oberst Lewerenz
- Fritz Mohr — Feldwebel
Where to watch I Was Nineteen
MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
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