I Was Nineteen

I Was Nineteen — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 1, 1968
• Runtime
• 115 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, War
• Director
• Konrad Wolf

I Was Nineteen — 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