Synopsis

The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

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…
Reinhard Hauff
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
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