The Brutalization of Franz Blum
Release Date: 1974-08-09
Rating : 5.5/10
Duration : 104 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : Reinhard Hauff
Writer : Burkhard Driest
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
Burkhard Driest
Tilo Prückner
Lutz Mackensy
Fritz Hollenbeck
Edgar Bessen