Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist

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Regimantas Adomaitis
Regimantas Adomaitis

Ignaz Wolz

Carin Abicht
Carin Abicht

Prostituierte

Heidemarie Wenzel
Heidemarie Wenzel

Agnes

Jörg Panknin
Jörg Panknin

Morgner

Peter Hölzel
Peter Hölzel

Kassierer

Rainer Kleinstück
Rainer Kleinstück

Rudi

Günter Wolf
Günter Wolf

Arthur

Herwart Grosse
Herwart Grosse

Gustav

Václav Kotva
Václav Kotva

Geiger

Günter Drescher
Günter Drescher

der Ältere

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    Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.

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    1973-11-25

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    6.6

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