Erziehung vor Verdun (1973)

The armouring soldier and writer Werner Bertin is ordered to the Western Front to France during the First World War. The use before Verdun - with all the horrors of war in the period 1916/1917 - brings a fundamental change of consciousness for the academic from Berlin. The intellectual devoted to bravery by fate develops into a disappointed but rebellious being. He sees more and more the injustices of warlike conflicts and their social causes.

First aired

1973-11-25

Genres

War & Politics, Drama

Seasons

1 (2 episodes)

Status

Ended

Directed / written by

Egon Günther, Egon Günther, Heinz Kamnitzer