I Was Nineteen

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.

At a glance

Year

1968

Runtime

115 min

Age rating

FSK 12

Genre

Drama, History, War

Original language

German

Director

Konrad Wolf

Cast

Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Rolf Hoppe, Galina Polskikh, Jürgen Hentsch