(Erziehung vor Verdun)

Overview: The armouring soldier and writer Werner Bertin is ordered to the Western Front to France during the First World War. The use before Verdun - with all the horrors of war in the period 1916/1917 - brings a fundamental change of consciousness for the academic from Berlin. The intellectual devoted to bravery by fate develops into a disappointed but rebellious being. He sees more and more the injustices of warlike conflicts and their social causes.

Countries:

East Germany

Genres:

War & Politics,

Drama

Networks:

DFF 1

Year:

1973

Directors:

Egon Günther

Production companies:

DEFA,

Fernsehen der DDR

Actors:

Werner Bertin

Leutnant Kroysing

Hauptmann Niggel

Wilhelm Pahl

Karl Lebede

Crews:

Director of Photography

Director

Editor

Original Music Composer

Novel