Ich werde nicht schweigen
6.6
TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...
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Nadja Uhl
Margarete Oelckers
Known for
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Men in the City
Martin Wuttke
Windhorst
Known for
Inglourious Basterds
Babylon Berlin
Rudolf Kowalski
Dr. Paul Ahrens
Known for
All About Me
Eleonore Weisgerber
Erna Trauernicht
Known for
Ninja Assassin
The Space Between the Lines
Katja Flint
Frau Ahrens
Known for
The White Masai
Ballermann 6
Marek Harloff
Dr. Gruner
Known for
Charité
The German Lesson
Matthias Lier
Dr. Jürgensen
Known for
8 Days
World on Fire
Janina Fautz
Antje Eversen
Known for
How to Be Really Bad
The White Ribbon
Barbara Philipp
Frau Schröder
Known for
Dark
Babylon Berlin
Jens Schäfer
Arnold Eversen
Also in
Die Lebenden und die Toten
Der tote Taucher im Wald
Patrik Gega
Jochen Oelkers
Also in
Rabbies
Blue Code
David Bredin
Otto
Known for
Kleo
8 Days
Esther Gronenborn Director · Sönke Lars Neuwöhner Author Birgit Guðjónsdóttir Cinematographer
First release September 8, 2017 · Produced in Germany · Production ZDF
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Nordfilm
Production
ZDF
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Germany
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Die Vergeltung
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German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 8, 2017
TV · arte
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