The Brutalization of Franz Blum

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...

Directed by Reinhard Hauff

Top cast

Jürgen Prochnow

Franz Blum

Burkhard Driest

Walter „Tiger“ Kuul

Tilo Prückner

Zick Zack

Lutz Mackensy

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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

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Eike Gallwitz

Günter Meisner

Borsig

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Claus-Dieter Reents

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Marianne Kehlau

Günter Spörrle

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Franz Josef Steffens

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Manfred Günther

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Karl-Heinz Merz

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Gottfried Kramer

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Hanns Gosslar

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