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The Brutalization of Franz Blum
March 26 1974 (almost 51 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Reinhard Hauff
- Writer: Burkhard Driest
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 44 m
- Country: Germany
- 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...