I Was Nineteen
February 1, 1968
Overview
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Konrad Wolf
Director
Jaecki Schwarz
Gregor Hecker
Vasiliy Livanov
Wadim
Rolf Hoppe
Etappenmajor Behring
Galina Polskikh
Sowjetisches Mädchen
Jürgen Hentsch
Oberleutnant Schenk
Kurt Böwe
SS-Sturmbannführer
Hermann Beyer
2. befreiter Häftling
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Sowjetisches General
Jenny Gröllmann
deutsches Mädchen
Wolfgang Greese
Landschaftsarchitekt
Johannes Wieke
Oberst Lewerenz
FM
Fritz Mohr
Feldwebel
OL
Otto Lang
Aleksey Eybozhenko
Anatoliy Solovyov
Klaus Manchen
WB
Walter Bechstein
Afanasi Kochetkov
Dieter Mann
Wolfgang Winkler
Martin Trettau