Ich zwing dich zu leben (1978)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Rolf Ludwig

Lehrer Grübler

Peter Welz

Sohn Wolfgang

Robert Pfeiffer

Direktor Heschke

Horst Kotterba

Fähnleinführer Wulf

Dieter Bellmann

Flüchtiger Landser

Anne-Else Paetzold

Helga Grübler

Eberhard Kirchberg

Erich Mirek

Elsa Grube-Deister

Dorothea Garlin

Käte Koch

Doris Schmude

Director & Crew

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