
I Was Nineteen
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.
DramaHistory
I Was Nineteen
Rating
7.2/10
Release Date
1968-02-01
Runtime
115 minutes
Status
Released
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
2. befreiter Häftling

Mikhail Gluzskiy
Sowjetisches General

Jenny Gröllmann
deutsches Mädchen

Wolfgang Greese
Landschaftsarchitekt

Johannes Wieke
Oberst Lewerenz

Fritz Mohr
Feldwebel
Production Companies

DEFA
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''