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The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
Directed by Reinhard Hauff
Overview
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A “heroic deed” which earned him six years in prison. Once behind bars, he was treated with ruthless inhumanity by the guards. And little by little - but inexorably - Franz turned into an insurgent…
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Jürgen Prochnow | Burkhard Driest | Tilo Prückner | Lutz Mackensy | Fritz Hollenbeck | Edgar Bessen | Kurt Raab | Gert Haucke | Charles Brauer | Horst Beck | Eike Gallwitz | Günter Meisner | Claus-Dieter Reents | Marianne Kehlau | Günter Spörrle | Franz Josef Steffens | Manfred Günther | Karl-Heinz Merz | Gottfried Kramer | Hanns Gosslar | Jochen Sehrndt