The Brutalization of Franz Blum

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1974

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

Die Verrohung des Franz Blum

Production Companies

Neue Bioskop Film, WDR

Director

Reinhard Hauff

Description

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...