The Brutalization of Franz Blum
09/08/1974
2h



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


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
Manfred Günther
Karl-Heinz Merz
Gottfried Kramer
Hanns Gosslar
Jochen Sehrndt
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