I Was Nineteen
1968· 115 min· East Germany
DramaHistoryWar
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.
- Director
- Konrad Wolf
- Country
- East Germany
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Cast
JS
Jaecki Schwarz
VL
Vasiliy Livanov
RH
Rolf Hoppe

Hermann Beyer
MG
Mikhail Gluzsky
KB
Kurt Böwe
JW
Johannes Wieke
JH
Jürgen Hentsch
KM
Klaus Manchen
AS
Anatoly Solovyov
MT
Martin Trettau
DM
Dieter Mann
WG
Wolfgang Greese
AS
Achim Schmidtchen
VL
Vasily Livanov
AE
Alexey Eybozhenko

Galina Polskikh
JG
Jenny Gröllmann