Movie Description

Erziehung vor Verdun

(1973)

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.

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Original TitleErziehung vor Verdun

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1973-11-25

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 04h 24m

Production CompaniesDEFA,Fernsehen der DDR

Genres

  • TV Movie
  • War
  • Drama