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The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
Directed by Reinhard Hauff
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 44m
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...
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow
Franz Blum
Burkhard Driest
Walter „Tiger“ Kuul
Tilo Prückner
Zick Zack
Lutz Mackensy
M
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Fritz Hollenbeck
Aldo Fuchs
Edgar Bessen
2. Aufseher
Kurt Raab
Aufseher Wupke
Gert Haucke
Oberverwalter Engelweich
Charles Brauer
Anstaltsleiter
Horst Beck
Dr.Stern
E
Eike Gallwitz
Günter Meisner
Borsig
Crew
- Director
- Reinhard Hauff
- Screenplay
- Burkhard Driest
- Director of Photography
- W. P. Hassenstein
- Original Music Composer
- Michael J. Lewis
- Editor
- Jane Seitz
- Producer
- Gunther Witte
Details
- Original title
- Die Verrohung des Franz Blum
- Release date
- 1974-08-09
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Neue Bioskop Film, WDR