I Was Nineteen (1968)
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.
- Released
- 1968-02-01
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Konrad Wolf
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 27 votes
Cast
- Jaecki Schwarz as Gregor Hecker
- Vasiliy Livanov as Wadim
- Rolf Hoppe as Etappenmajor Behring
- Galina Polskikh as Sowjetisches Mädchen
- Jürgen Hentsch as Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
- Kurt Böwe as SS-Sturmbannführer
- Hermann Beyer as Zweiter befreiter Häftling
- Mikhail Gluzskiy as Sowjetisches General
- Jenny Gröllmann as deutsches Mädchen
- Wolfgang Greese as Landschaftsarchitekt
- Johannes Wieke as Oberst Lewerenz
- Fritz Mohr as Feldwebel