The Child I Never Was

1h 21m
DramaCrime
6.5

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.

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

Crew

Kai S. Pieck
Director, Screenplay
Paul Moor
Novel
Ingo Ehrlich
Editor
Egon Werdin
Director of Photography
Bettina Scheuren
Producer
Anne Jendritzko
Costume Design
Sebastian Pohle
Sound Editor
Erik Seifert
Sound
Mario Migge
Boom Operator
Kurt Dahlke
Music
Rainer J.G. Uhl
Music
Bertram Strauß
Set Designer

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