Drama ·TV Movie · Germany · 1974 · 1h 44m

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

Die Verrohung des Franz Blum

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Director
Reinhard Hauff
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow as Franz Blum Burkhard Driest as Walter „Tiger“ Kuul Tilo Prückner as Zick Zack Lutz Mackensy as M Fritz Hollenbeck as Aldo Fuchs Edgar Bessen as 2. Aufseher
Crew
W. P. Hassenstein — Director of Photography Jane Seitz — Editor Michael J. Lewis — Original Music Composer Burkhard Driest — Screenplay Gunther Witte — Producer Nikos Perakis — Production Design
Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators
Reinhard Hauff Director W. P. Hassenstein Director of Photography Jane Seitz Editor Michael J. Lewis Original Music Composer Burkhard Driest Screenplay Gunther Witte Producer Nikos Perakis Production Design
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