I Was Nineteen
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.
I Was Nineteen (1968)
Konrad Wolf
At a glance
Countries
East Germany
Ratings
TMDB users
7.4/10
20 votes
Rating consensus
74/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~74/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Jaecki Schwarz
Gregor Hecker
Vasiliy Livanov
Wadim
Rolf Hoppe
Etappenmajor Behring
Galina Polskikh
Sowjetisches Mädchen
Jürgen Hentsch
Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
Kurt Böwe
SS-Sturmbannführer
Hermann Beyer
Zweiter befreiter Häftling
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Sowjetisches General
Jenny Gröllmann
deutsches Mädchen
Wolfgang Greese
Landschaftsarchitekt
Johannes Wieke
Oberst Lewerenz
Fritz Mohr
Feldwebel
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I Was Nineteen (1968)
Konrad Wolf
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