Die Verrohung des Franz Blum (1974)

Title: The Brutalization of Franz Blum
Original Title: Die Verrohung des Franz Blum
Release Date: 1974-03-26
Status: Released
Rating: 5.5/10 (from 12 votes)
Language: DE
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Neue Bioskop Film, WDR
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...
Cast

Jürgen Prochnow
Franz Blum

Burkhard Driest
Walter „Tiger“ Kuul

Tilo Prückner
Zick Zack

Lutz Mackensy
M

Fritz Hollenbeck
Aldo Fuchs

Edgar Bessen
2. Aufseher

Kurt Raab
Aufseher Wupke

Gert Haucke
Oberverwalter Engelweich

Charles Brauer
Anstaltsleiter

Horst Beck
Dr.Stern