The Brutalization of Franz Blum

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

104 mins | Drama | March 26, 1974

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...

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

104 mins | Drama | March 26, 1974

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...
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bioskop-Film GmbH
Original title Die Verrohung des Franz Blum
Directors Reinhard Hauff
Writers Burkhard Driest

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow

as Franz Blum

Burkhard Driest

as Walter „Tiger“ Kuul

Tilo Prückner

as Zick Zack

Fritz Hollenbeck

as Aldo Fuchs

Edgar Bessen

as 2. Aufseher

Kurt Raab

as Aufseher Wupke

Gert Haucke

as Oberverwalter Engelweich

Charles Brauer

as Anstaltsleiter

Horst Beck

as Dr.Stern

Günter Meisner

as Borsig