The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A "heroic deed" which earned him six years in prison. Once behind bars, he was treated with ruthless inhumanity by the guards. And little by little - but inexorably - Franz turned into an insurgent...

Released

1974-08-09

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Runtime

104 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Reinhard Hauff, Burkhard Driest

TMDB rating

5.3/10 from 14 votes