The Child I Never Was (2002)

11/15/2002 (DE) • 1h 21m

Drama, Crime

What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?

Overview

A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.

Top Billed Cast

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch

Sebastian Rüger

Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz

Young Priest

Roland Riebeling

Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Jürgen Bartsch, Younger


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

$2,609.00

Keywords

child abuse

child murder

investigation

series of murders

lgbt

police interrogation

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