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I 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.
Original Release
02/01/1968
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jaecki Schwarz | Gregor Hecker |
| Vasiliy Livanov | Wadim / Wadim Gejman |
| Aleksey Eybozhenko | Sascha Ziganjuk |
| Dieter Mann | Willi Lommer |
| Johannes Wieke | Oberst Lewerenz |
| Rolf Hoppe | Etappenmajor Behring / Major Behring |
| Jürgen Hentsch | Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant / Oberleutnant Schenk |
| Kalmursa Rachmanov | Dsingis |
| Anatoliy Solovyov | Starschinka |
| Jenny Gröllmann |
Directors
Writers
Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Viking Brothers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jaecki Schwarz | Gregor Hecker |
| Vasiliy Livanov | Wadim / Wadim Gejman |
| Aleksey Eybozhenko | Sascha Ziganjuk |
| Dieter Mann | Willi Lommer |
| Johannes Wieke | Oberst Lewerenz |
| Rolf Hoppe | Etappenmajor Behring / Major Behring |
| Jürgen Hentsch | Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant / Oberleutnant Schenk |
| Kalmursa Rachmanov | Dsingis |
| Anatoliy Solovyov | Starschinka |
| Jenny Gröllmann | |
| Galina Polskikh | Sowjetisches Mädchen |
| Mikhail Gluzskiy | Sowjetisches General / General |
| Otto Lang | Pfarrer |
| Kurt Böwe | SS-Sturmbannführer / Sturmbannführer |
| Klaus Manchen | Blinder Soldat |
| Else Bugatz | Bäuerin |
| Richard Degen | Bauer |
| Achim Schmidtchen | Marineoffizier |
| Hermann Wagemann | Drucker |
| Wolfgang Winkler | Fallschirmjäger |
