I Was Nineteen
| I Was Nineteen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Konrad Wolf |
| Written by | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Konrad Wolf |
| Produced by | Herbert Ehler |
| Starring | Jaecki Schwarz Vasily Livanov Alexey Eybozhenko Dieter Mann |
| Cinematography | Werner Bergmann |
| Edited by | Evelyn Carow |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | German Democratic Republic |
| Language | German |
| Budget | 2,077,000 East German Mark[1] |
I Was Nineteen (German: Ich war neunzehn) is a DEFA production that tells the story of a young German, Gregor Hecker (Jaecki Schwarz), who fled the Nazis with his parents to Moscow and now, in early 1945, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army. The film depicts the personal experiences of the director Konrad Wolf and of his friend Vladimir Gall in fictionalized form and deals with themes of the meaning of "homeland".
During its original run, it sold 3,317,966 tickets.[2]
Cast
- Jaecki Schwarz as Gregor Hecker
- Vasily Livanov as Wadim Gejman
- Alexey Eybozhenko as Sascha Ziganjuk
- Galina Polskikh as Soviet girl
- Jenny Gröllmann as German girl
- Mikhail Gluzsky as Soviet general
- Anatoli Solovyov as Starschina
- Kalmursa Rachmanov as Dsingis
- Rolf Hoppe as Etappenmajor Behring
- Wolfgang Greese as Landscaper
- Johannes Wieke as colonel Lewerenz
- Jürgen Hentsch as First lieutenant Schenk, Adjutant
- Kurt Böwe as SS leader
- Klaus Manchen as blind soldier
- Walter Bechstein as 1st freed prisoner
- Hermann Beyer as 2nd freed prisoner
- Werner Wenzel as 3rd freed prisoner
- Dieter Mann as Willi Lommer
References
- ^ Bernhard Chiari. Krieg und Militär im Film des 20. Jahrhunderts. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag (2003). ISBN 9783486567168. p. 482.
- ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
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