Ich zwing dich zu leben

Synopsis

Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains together with his 15-year old son Wolfgang. At school, the dutiful Grübler, a member of the NSDAP, teaches his pupils to volunteer for military service, but when his own son volunteers for the Waffen SS, he is nevertheless shocked and fears for his boy′s life. But Wolfgang starts to hate his father for his doubts: He thinks his father is a coward. In his desperation, Grübler chains and kidnaps his son to hide him in a dugout in the forest until the end of the war. In their shelter, father and son are fighting bitterly but when the Nazis who still believe in the "Endsieg" discover their hideout, Grübler sacrifices his life to save Wolfgang.

Main Cast

Rolf Ludwig

Lehrer Grübler

Age : 73 | Popularity : 13%

Peter Welz

Sohn Wolfgang

Age : 60 | Popularity : 4%

Robert Pfeiffer

Direktor Heschke

Age : 98 | Popularity : 3%

Horst Kotterba

Fähnleinführer Wulf

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Dieter Bellmann

Flüchtiger Landser

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Anne-Else Paetzold

Helga Grübler

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Eberhard Kirchberg

Age : 74 | Popularity : 7%

Erich Mirek

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Ursula Zweig
Crew	Cinematography	Jürgen Brauer
Directing	Director	Ralf Kirsten
Writing	Writer	Ralf Kirsten
Sound	Music	Siegfried Matthus
Department	Role	Name

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