I Was Nineteen

7.3 / 10

(19 votes)

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.

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Drama,

History,

War

Duration:

115 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Konrad Wolf

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme,

Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

Cast:
Jaecki Schwarz

Gregor Hecker

Vasiliy Livanov

Wadim

Rolf Hoppe

Etappenmajor Behring

Galina Polskikh

Sowjetisches Mädchen

Jürgen Hentsch

Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant

Crew:
Werner Bergmann

Director of Photography

Konrad Wolf

Director

Konrad Wolf

Writer

Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Writer

Gerhard Wolf

Writer