April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted ...
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Title: I Was Nineteen (1968)
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| Jaecki Schwarz | ... | Gregor Hecker | |
| Vasiliy Livanov | ... | Wadim Gejman | |
| Aleksey Eybozhenko | ... | Sascha Ziganjuk | |
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Dieter Mann | ... | Willi Lommer |
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Johannes Wieke | ... | Oberst Lewerenz |
| Rolf Hoppe | ... | Major Behring | |
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Jürgen Hentsch | ... | Oberleutnant Schenk |
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Kalmursa Rachmanov | ... | Dsingis |
| Anatoliy Solovyov | ... | Starschinka | |
| Jenny Gröllmann | ... | Deutsches Mädchen | |
| Galina Polskikh | ... | Sowjetisches Mädchen | |
| Mikhail Gluzskiy | ... | General (as Mikhail Glusski) | |
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Otto Lang | ... | Pfarrer |
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Kurt Böwe | ... | Sturmbannführer |
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Klaus Manchen | ... | Blinder Soldat |
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April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from the very country he was born in. Through dealing with challenging situations (e.g. he is appointed commander of Bernau, talks to many disillusioned Germans, and is once and again attacked by scattered groups of German soldiers), he grows more confident that not all hope is lost for post-war Germany. Based on the diary entries of director Konrad Wolf, the episodic movie authentically portrays the protagonist's struggle to come to terms with his own past and identity. Written by c.winter
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East GermanyRelease Date:
1 February 1968 (East Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Originally, Konrad Wolf had planned to elaborate more on the Soviet's abuse of German women. In the final script, only a small hint at this problem was included: a woman seeking safety in Greogor's commanding headquarters reasons "rather with one of them than with all of them." Considering the strong censorship common to the GDR in those days, this was nevertheless a bold and effective decision by Wolf. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Director Wolf has a small masterpiece in this film, which is about the exploration of a young German-born Russian soldier's attempt to find his roots during the final days of World War II as the Russian Army advances on Berlin. This is also an unsweetened account of the chaos of war. Many suspenseful moments and never boring. Gregor, the nineteen-year-old of the title reveals himself throughout as the confused, self-conscious, prideful and sometimes ruthless young man that he is, not unlike any young man of 19 caught up in wartime situations. Highly recommended. Another look but an unusual one at the war that marked the 20th Century.