I Was Nineteen

1968 · Directed by Konrad Wolf · 115 min · drama film, war film

★ 7.5/10 · 23 ratings on TMDB

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.