Die erste Reihe(1987)
Berlin in the 1930s - Adolf Hitler comes to power, communists and social democrats are persecuted, books are burned and Jewish citizens are ostracized. The outwardly shiny façade of Berlin, the capital of the Reich, reveals nothing of the unequal struggle of young people against the increasing oppression...
Movie: Die erste Reihe
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rudolf Schwarz
Willi Gall
Anna
Elsbeth
Otto Nelte
Lilo Herrmann
Kurts Frau
Vernehmer
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Berlin in the 1930s - Adolf Hitler comes to power, communists and social democrats are persecuted, books are burned and Jewish citizens are ostracized. The outwardly shiny façade of Berlin, the capital of the Reich, reveals nothing of the unequal struggle of young people against the increasing oppression...
Release Date
1987-11-22
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9
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Deutsch
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