The Brutalization of Franz Blum

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The Brutalization of Franz Blum

Drama

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...

Date: 03/26/1974

Rating: 5.5

Cast: 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

Jürgen Prochnow