Summary: In this prison drama, Franz Blum (Jurgen Prochnow) goes from being a fairly ordinary middle-class man to a hardened convict. Sent to prison for participating in a bank robbery, he learns how to use blackmail and graft in order to survive the harsh life he encounters "inside." (All Movie Guide)

AKA: The Brutalisation of Franz Blum

Genre: Drama

Country: West Germany

Directed By: Reinhard Hauff

Written By: Burkhard Driest

Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Burkhard Driest, Tilo Prückner, Charles Brauer, Eike Gallwitz, Franz Josef Steffens

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