I Was Nineteen ( Ich war neunzehn )

I Was Nineteen (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ich war neunzehn
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Konrad Wolf

Written By:
Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Gerhard Wolf
Konrad Wolf

Actors:
Jaecki Schwarz ..... Gregor Hecker
Vasiliy Livanov ..... Wadim Gejman
Aleksey Eybozhenko ..... Sascha Ziganjuk
Dieter Mann ..... Willi Lommer
Johannes Wieke ..... Oberst Lewerenz
Rolf Hoppe ..... Major Behring
Jürgen Hentsch ..... Oberleutnant Schenk
Kalmursa Rachmanov ..... Dsingis
Anatoliy Solovyov ..... Starschinka
Jenny Gröllmann ..... Deutsches Mädchen
Galina Polskikh ..... Sowjetisches Mädchen
Mikhail Gluzskiy ..... General
Otto Lang ..... Pfarrer
Kurt Böwe ..... Sturmbannführer
Klaus Manchen ..... Blinder Soldat
Else Bugatz ..... Bäuerin
Richard Degen ..... Bauer
Achim Schmidtchen ..... Marineoffizier
Hermann Wagemann ..... Drucker
Wolfgang Winkler ..... Fallschirmjäger
Wolfgang Altus ..... Hitlerjunge
Waldemar Wieser ..... Verwundeter Hitlerjunge
Viktor Volkov ..... Major im Jeep
Erich Giesa ..... Bürgermeister
Susanne Düllmann ..... Frau des Bürgermeisters
Detlef Heintze ..... Fähnrich
Fritz Mohr ..... Feldwebel
Afanasi Kochetkov ..... Obersergeant
Czeslar Moissejew ..... Adjutant
Vladimir Ryabov ..... Oberleutnant am Kontrollpunkt
Boris Tokarev ..... Unterleutnant
Martin Trettau ..... Gefangener in Oranienburg
Gerhard Vogt ..... Betrunkener Offizier
Wolfgang Greese ..... Landschaftsgestalter
Martin Angermann ..... Erster Offizier in Spandau
Wilhelm Burmeier ..... Zweiter Offizier in Spandau
Peter Ensikat ..... Dritter Offizier in Spandau
Curt W. Franke ..... Vierter Offizier in Spandau
Siegfried Göhler ..... Fünfter Offizier in Spandau
Lutz Günzel ..... Sechster Offizier in Spandau
Dirk Jungnickel ..... Siebter Offizier in Spandau
Walter Bechstein ..... Erster befreiter Häftling
Hermann Beyer ..... Zweiter befreiter Häftling
Werner Wenzel ..... Dritter befreiter Häftling
Ellen Wikittel ..... 14-jähriges Mädchen
Dietmar Wenzel ..... 10-jähriger Junge
Ingrid Böck ..... 5-jähriges Mädchen

Synopsis:

April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from the very country he was born in. Through dealing with challenging situations (e.g. he is appointed commander of Bernau, talks to many disillusioned Germans, and is once and again attacked by scattered groups of German soldiers), he grows more confident that not all hope is lost for post-war Germany. Based on the diary entries of director Konrad Wolf, the episodic movie authentically portrays the protagonist's struggle to come to terms with his own past and identity.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 July, 2021.