When Martin Was Fourteen ( Als Martin vierzehn war ) ( When Martin Was 14 )

When Martin Was Fourteen (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Als Martin vierzehn war
Alternate Title: When Martin Was 14
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Walter Beck

Written By:
Walter Beck
Manfred Richter

Actors:
Ulrich Balko ..... Martin
Erik Veldre ..... Karl
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff ..... Vater Stammer
Lotte Loebinger ..... Mutter Stammer
Friedo Solter ..... Stiebe
Manfred Heine ..... Gutsbesitzer von Bröder
Elfie Mann ..... Kathrin
Helmut Schreiber ..... Vater Mertens
Harry Hindemith ..... Vogt Kreutzer
Werner Kamenik ..... Gutsknecht Ehlers
Fred Ludwig ..... Gutsknecht Marquardt
Fritz Hofbauer ..... Gutsknecht
Nico Turoff ..... Panse
Rudolf Ulrich ..... Dr. Brandt
Albrecht Delling ..... Von Dürenberg

Synopsis:

March, 1920, the time of the Kapp Putsch in Germany. Reich Army units march on Berlin to create a military regime. In the Mecklenburg village of Bröder, 14-year-old Martin discovers a secret store of weapons that a landowner has hidden for the organisers of the putsch. In the village, Martin s brother and a friend of his from the city organise a strike against the putsch. But the approaching soldiers are to keep the village inhabitants down. Martin and his friend, Kathrin, nonetheless manage to courageously fight their way through to the rebellious faction in the city so that the weapons end up in the right hands. Their friendship ripens in the process, as do they themselves. A film that accurately and excitingly represents both youth and this part of history.

It has been 100 years since the start of the First World War. More than 10 million people lost their lives between 1914 and 1918, and twice as many were injured or crippled. The First World War was a significant theme for the film artists of the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the East German film company founded in 1946. The suffering of working people, the misery of life in the factories and poor accommodation in cities, the growing organisation of resistance to warmongers and profiteers, as well as the battle for a better world are the topics of this extraordinary collection of films.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 March, 2015.