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The Child I Never Was
“What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?”
6.5 / 10• 2002• 1h 21m•NR• German
DramaCrime
Storyline
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 & Crew
Tobias Schenke
Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Lead
Ulrike Bliefert
Gertrud Bartsch
Walter Gontermann
Gerhard Bartsch
JC
Jürgen Christoph Kamcke
Father Seidlitz
SR
Sebastian Rüger
Young Deacon
Stephan Szasz
Young Priest
Roland Riebeling
Chaplain Herles
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Jürgen Bartsch, Younger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kai S. Pieck's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Child I Never Was is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
