I Was Nineteen

(1968)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 23 votes

Genres: Drama, History, War

Year: 1968

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: East Germany

Director: Konrad Wolf

Cast: Jaecki Schwarz, Василий Ливанов, Рольф Хоппе, Галина Польских, Jürgen Hentsch, Kurt Böwe, Hermann Beyer, Михаил Глузский, Jenny Gröllmann, Вольфганг Грезе

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.