The Adventures of Werner Holt
– Shortly before the end of WWII: While he is fighting at the Eastern front, private Werner Holt looks..
Shortly before the end of WWII: While he is fighting at the Eastern front, private Werner Holt looks back on his still young life – especially his long-time friendship with former classmate Gilbert Wolzow, who is now Werner′s commanding officer. Both men used to be fanatic Nazi followers, but since Holt witnessed a massacre conducted by SS troops and the execution of a friend, he has begun to question the regime. He saves a Slovakian woman who is to be executed, and finally openly opposes Wolzow.
04 Feb 1965
German
Joachim Kunert
Joachim Kunert, Claus Küchenmeister, Dieter Noll (novel)
Klaus-Peter Thiele, Manfred Karge, Arno Wyzniewski, Günter Junghans
Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier, but at the front Werner begins to understand the ...
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