Film

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

1974 · 1h 44m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

6.9

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...

Jürgen Prochnow

Franz Blum

Burkhard Driest

Walter „Tiger“ Kuul

Tilo Prückner

Zick Zack

Lutz Mackensy

M

Fritz Hollenbeck

Aldo Fuchs

Edgar Bessen

2. Aufseher

Kurt Raab

Aufseher Wupke

Gert Haucke

Oberverwalter Engelweich

Charles Brauer

Anstaltsleiter

Horst Beck

Dr.Stern

Eike Gallwitz

Günter Meisner

Borsig

Claus-Dieter Reents

Marianne Kehlau

Günter Spörrle

Franz Josef Steffens

• Reinhard HauffDirector
• Burkhard DriestScreenplay
• Gunther WitteProducer
• W. P. HassensteinDirector of Photography
• Michael J. LewisOriginal Music Composer
• Jane SeitzEditor

Release date

August 9, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie