The Brutalization of Franz Blum
Die Verrohung des Franz Blum
Release: 1974-08-09
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 5.2
Drama
TV Movie
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...
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Neue Bioskop Film
WDR
Cast
Edgar Bessen
as 2. Aufseher
Horst Beck
as Dr.Stern
Jürgen Prochnow
as Franz Blum
Burkhard Driest
as Walter „Tiger“ Kuul
Gert Haucke
as Oberverwalter Engelweich
Günter Meisner
as Borsig
Tilo Prückner
as Zick Zack
Lutz Mackensy
as M
Charles Brauer
as Anstaltsleiter
Kurt Raab
as Aufseher Wupke
Günter Spörrle
