
Ich werde nicht schweigen
TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...
Ich werde nicht schweigen
Rating
5.9/10
Release Date
2017-09-08
Runtime
0 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Nadja Uhl
Margarete Oelckers

Martin Wuttke
Windhorst

Rudolf Kowalski
Dr. Paul Ahrens

Eleonore Weisgerber
Erna Trauernicht

Katja Flint
Frau Ahrens

Marek Harloff
Dr. Gruner

Matthias Lier
Dr. Jürgensen

Janina Fautz
Antje Eversen

Barbara Philipp
Frau Schröder

Jens Schäfer
Arnold Eversen

Patrik Gega
Jochen Oelkers

David Bredin
Otto
Production Companies

Nordfilm

ZDF