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I Was Nineteen is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Konrad Wolf with Jaecki Schwarz
I Was Nineteen (1968)
Ich war neunzehn
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Add to a movie listI 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.
Synopsis
En avril 1945, l'Armée rouge fait reculer progressivement la Wehrmacht. Le jeune lieutenant Gregor Hecker, d'origine allemande, revient pour la première fois dans son pays d'origine après douze ans d'exil. Avec quelques hommes sous ses ordres, on lui confie l'administration d'une petite ville. Cherchant à pacifier la zone, il entre en contact avec les habitants. Mais se pose bien vite pour lui la question de son identité : est-il un Soviétique ou un Allemand ? Que signifie pour lui cette patrie en plein débâcle, à laquelle il se sent si étranger ?Actors
Jaecki Schwarz
(Gregor Hecker)
Vassili Livanov
(Wadim)
Galina Polskikh
(Sowjetisches Mädchen)
Mikhaïl Glouzski
(Sowjetisches General)
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