The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974, German. Directed by Reinhard Hauff.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Reinhard HauffDirector
- Jürgen ProchnowFranz Blum
- Burkhard DriestWalter „Tiger“ Kuul
- Tilo PrücknerZick Zack
- Lutz MackensyM
- Fritz HollenbeckAldo Fuchs
- Edgar Bessen2. Aufseher
- Kurt RaabAufseher Wupke
- Gert HauckeOberverwalter Engelweich
- Charles BrauerAnstaltsleiter
- Horst BeckDr.Stern
- Eike GallwitzCast
- Günter MeisnerBorsig
Details
- Released
- 9 August 1974
- Original title
- Die Verrohung des Franz Blum
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Burkhard Driest
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The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974) was directed by Reinhard Hauff and stars Jürgen Prochnow, Burkhard Driest, Tilo Prückner.