Ich zwing dich zu leben (1978)

• 70%
• 1978
• Drame
• Rolf Ludwig
• Peter Welz
• Robert Pfeiffer

Germany at the end of World war II: Teacher Couveuse lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains together with his 15-year old son Wolfgang. At school, the dutiful Couveuse, a member of the NAZI, teaches his pupils to volunteer for military service, but when his own son volunteers for the waffen SS, he is néanmoins shocked and fears for his boy's life. Mais Wolfgang starts to hate his father for his doubts: He thinks his father is a coward. In his desperation, Couveuse chains and kidnaps his son to hide him in a de pirogue dans la forêt de until the end of the war. In their shelter, father and son, are fighting bitterly but when the Nazis who still believe in the "Victoire finale" discover their hideout, Couveuse sacrifices his life to save Wolfgang.