The Brutalization of Franz Blum

08/09/1974

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1hr 44min

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Drama

,TV Movie

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Jürgen Prochnow
  • Burkhard Driest
  • Tilo Prückner
  • Lutz Mackensy
  • Fritz Hollenbeck

    Directors

  • Reinhard Hauff
  • Nikos Perakis

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Neue Bioskop Film
  • WDR

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German