
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Movie · 114 min
★ 6.5(21)unSUB Rating
Konrad Wolf looked back at his personal journals for this tremendous film, an impressive reckoning with the pitiful ends of war. With subtlety, empathy, and starkest realism, I Was Nineteen illuminates how a homeland now synonymous with “Goethe and Auschwitz” hangs heavy over the heads of the young.
Also known as I Was 19
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Details
- Original title
- Ich war neunzehn
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-02-01
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 114 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (21 votes)
Themes
- east germany
Cast & crew

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
Directed by Konrad Wolf