Movie·2002·1h 21m
The Child I Never Was
What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen
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.
Producer
Bettina Scheuren
Cinematography
Egon Werdin
Editor
Ingo Ehrlich
Themes
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Audience Score
24 votes
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Cast
Tobias Schenke
Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Ulrike Bliefert
Gertrud Bartsch
Walter Gontermann
Gerhard Bartsch
Jürgen Christoph Kamcke
Father Seidlitz
Sebastian Rüger
Young Deacon
Stephan Szasz
Young Priest
Roland Riebeling
Chaplain Herles
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Jürgen Bartsch, Younger
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