Ich werde nicht schweigen

Ich werde nicht schweigen

Drama, History | Sept. 8, 2017

TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...

Ich werde nicht schweigen

Drama, History | Sept. 8, 2017

Ich werde nicht schweigen
TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...
Producers ZDF, Nordfilm GmbH
Original title Ich werde nicht schweigen
Directors Esther Gronenborn
Writers Esther Gronenborn, Sönke Lars Neuwöhner

Cast

Nadja Uhl

as Margarete Oelckers

Martin Wuttke

as Windhorst

Rudolf Kowalski

as Dr. Paul Ahrens

Eleonore Weisgerber

as Erna Trauernicht

Katja Flint

as Frau Ahrens

Marek Harloff

as Dr. Gruner

Matthias Lier

as Dr. Jürgensen

Janina Fautz

as Antje Eversen

Barbara Philipp

as Frau Schröder

Jens Schäfer

as Arnold Eversen

Patrik Gega

as Jochen Oelkers

David Bredin

as Otto

Jan Šeba

as Karl Oelkers