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Young Törless

Country: Germany, Language: German, 87 mins

Original Title

Der Junge Törless
  • Director: Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writer: Herbert Asmodi; Robert Musil
  • Producer: Louis Malle; Franz Seitz

CGiii Comment

Young men are grotesque creatures of self-worth.

A well-made, hugely unenjoyable film of callous and unrelenting cruelty.

A child abuse by children!

Utterly terrifying and so utterly pessimistic.

But then...boys will be boys - girls are supposedly worse.

Apart from having, truly, the worst music in cinematic history, this vile film is a fascinating look into the past...and, it is beautifully shot.

Thoroughly recommended for the sadists.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school authorities, they will punish him themselves and proceed to torture, degrade, and humiliate the boy, with ever-increasing sadistic delight. As each day passes, the two boys are able to justify harsher treatment than previously given. Torless is a passive member of the group but observes rather than participates and frustrates the tormentors by dryly analyzing their behavior.

Cast & Characters

Mathieu Carriere as Thomas Toerless;
Marian Seidowsky as Anselm von Basini;
Bernd Tischer as Beineberg;
Fred Dietz as Reiting;
Lotte Ledl as Gastwirtin / Innkeeper;
Jean Launay as Mathematiklehrer / Maths Teacher;
Barbara Steele as Bozena;
Herbert Asmodi as Vater von Toerless;
Hanna Axmann-Rezzori as Mutter von Toerless;
Fritz Gehlen as Direktor / School principle