I Was Nineteen

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Jaecki SchwarzGregor Hecker

Vasiliy LivanovWadim

Rolf HoppeEtappenmajor Behring

Galina PolskikhSowjetisches Mädchen

Jürgen HentschOberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant

Kurt BöweSS-Sturmbannführer

Hermann BeyerZweiter befreiter Häftling

Mikhail GluzskiySowjetisches General

Jenny Gröllmanndeutsches Mädchen

Wolfgang GreeseLandschaftsarchitekt

Johannes WiekeOberst Lewerenz

Fritz Mohr

Fritz MohrFeldwebel