I Was Nineteen

Name: I Was Nineteen
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1968-02-01
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Rolf Hoppe, Galina Polskikh, Jürgen Hentsch

February 1, 1968
Directed by
Konrad Wolf

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.