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The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1974, August 9
Directors: Reinhard Hauff
Countries: Germany
Production: Neue Bioskop Film, Neue Bioskop Film, WDR, WDR
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Günter Meisner, Tilo Prückner, Kurt Raab, Charles Brauer, Edgar Bessen, Lutz Mackensy, Burkhard Driest, Gert Haucke, Fritz Hollenbeck, Horst Beck

Overview:

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...