I Was Nineteen

Directed by Konrad Wolf

Written by Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Gerhard Wolf

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.

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

Zweiter befreiter Häftling

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Sowjetisches General

Jenny Gröllmann

deutsches Mädchen

Wolfgang Greese

Landschaftsarchitekt

Johannes Wieke

Oberst Lewerenz

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Fritz Mohr

Feldwebel