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The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

5.5 | Mar 26, 1974 (DE) | Drama | 01:44

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...

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Jürgen Prochnow
Franz Blum
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Burkhard Driest
Walter „Tiger“ Kuul
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Tilo Prückner
Zick Zack
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Fritz Hollenbeck
Aldo Fuchs
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Edgar Bessen
2. Aufseher
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Kurt Raab
Aufseher Wupke
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Gert Haucke
Oberverwalter Engelweich
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Charles Brauer
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Horst Beck
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