The Brutalization of Franz Blum

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...

• Reinhard HauffDirector
• Burkhard DriestScreenplay
• Michael J. LewisOriginal Music Composer

• Jürgen ProchnowFranz Blum
• Burkhard DriestWalter „Tiger“ Kuul
• Tilo PrücknerZick Zack
• Lutz MackensyM
• Fritz HollenbeckAldo Fuchs
• Edgar Bessen2. Aufseher
• Kurt RaabAufseher Wupke
• Gert HauckeOberverwalter Engelweich
• Charles BrauerAnstaltsleiter
• Horst BeckDr.Stern
• Eike GallwitzCast
• Günter MeisnerBorsig