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.
Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive.
In 1956 Stalinstadt, East Germany, during the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, local teenagers perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.
Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country.
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening.
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Ich war neunzehn / I Was Nineteen GDR 1968 ENG subs (HD)
A hidden gem of East German cinema. German with English subtitles (finally!). In April 1945 19 year old Gregor Hecker reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of ...
I WAS NINETEEN ☭ 1968 (Scene) WW2 Russian War Film
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 ...
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