Summary
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.
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- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 77GoodWatch 76
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.9/5
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 55 min
A typical length for dramas, +6 min on the typical 109
typical 109115Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 125 countries
+115Released
1968
February 1, 1968
58 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryWarLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
XG
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more13 people
- 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- FMFritz MohrFeldwebel
- OLOtto LangPfarrer
Directing · 1
- Konrad Wolf Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase Writer
- Gerhard Wolf Writer
Camera · 1
- Werner Bergmann Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Evelyn Carow Editor
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