I Was Nineteen

I Was Nineteen

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Release Date

2/1/1968

Runtime

115 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A young Soviet soldier returns to his German homeland with the Red Army, caught between victimhood and complicity as he witnesses the collapse of Nazi Germany. The film unfolds as a deeply introspective journey through moral ambiguity and the disorientation of belonging nowhere.

Mood

ContemplativeUnsettlingMelancholic

Themes

IdentityWarComing of ageMemoryColonialism

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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