# Die Postkarte

This German-language teaching film adapted from the story by Heinrich Böll concerns the power of a state over the lives of individuals in time of war. The drama revolves around nineteen-year-old Bruno Schneider, whose hopes and plans for the future are shattered when he receives a postcard ordering him to report for army training. Set in Germany in 1939. Suggested as a stimulus for oral discussion and original composition for advanced students

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1969
- Runtime: 24 min
- By: Böll, Heinrich, 1917-1985, International Film Bureau
- Genres: War, Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/diepostkarte)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/diepostkarte?play=1)