I Was Nineteen

Directed by Konrad Wolf

Produced by DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

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.