I Was Nineteen
Ich war neunzehn, feature film, DR Germany, 1968
DIRECTED BY: Konrad Wolf
CAST:
Jaecki Schwarz (Gregor Hecker),
Vasili Livanov (Wadim),
Aleksei Ejbozhenko (Sascha),
Galina Polskikh,
Rolf Hoppe,
Dieter Mann,
Johannes Wieke
SCRIPT:
Wolfgang Kohlhaase,
Gerhard Wolf,
Konrad Wolf
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Werner Bergmann
EDITING:
Evelyn Carow
Synopsis:
Based on the director Konrad Wolf’s autobiography, the film tells the story of a young soldier of the red Army. At the age of eight, Gregor and his family ran away from Germany to Russia and now at the end of WW II, he is in Berlin on the enemy’s side. He is forced to fight against people from his former country and has to find a way to come to terms with his past.
b/w, HD, 115'