Ich zwing dich zu leben
6.9
Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains together with his 15-year old son Wolfgang. At school, the dutiful Grübler, a member of the NSDAP, teaches his pupils to volunteer for military service, but when his own son volunteers for the Waffen SS, he is nevertheless shocked and fears for his boy′s life. But Wolfgang starts to hate his father for his doubts: He thinks his father is a coward. In his desperation, Grübler chains and kidnaps his son to hide him in a dugout in the forest until the end of the war. In their shelter, father and son are fighting bitterly but when the Nazis who still believe in the "Endsieg" discover their hideout, Grübler sacrifices his life to save Wolfgang.
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Cast
24 people
Rolf Ludwig
Lehrer Grübler
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The Tinder Box
Stein
Peter Welz
Sohn Wolfgang
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Icarus
Kehraus
Ralf Kirsten
Brigitte Gotthardt
Ursula Zweig
Robert Pfeiffer
Direktor Heschke
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Mit Leib und Seele
Lachtauben weinen nicht
Jürgen Brauer
Horst Kotterba
Fähnleinführer Wulf
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Abschnitt 40
Die Patriarchin
Karl Sewart
Siegfried Matthus
Dieter Bellmann
Flüchtiger Landser
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Wunschpunsch
In All Friendship
Anne-Else Paetzold
Helga Grübler
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Eine Pyramide für mich
Ralf Kirsten Director · Ursula Zweig Editor
First release April 19, 1978 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
Germany · XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 19, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
October 2, 1980
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