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Feature film — 2002

The Child I Never Was (2002)

6.61h 21mDrama — Crime

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.

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A high-signal pick with 26 votes.

MTM West Television & Film / WDR

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Director: Kai S. Pieck

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Cast & crew

Tobias Schenke as Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert as Gertrud Bartsch

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann as Gerhard Bartsch

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch

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Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

Father Seidlitz

Sebastian Rüger as Young Deacon

Sebastian Rüger

Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz as Young Priest

Stephan Szasz

Young Priest

Roland Riebeling as Chaplain Herles

Roland Riebeling

Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky as Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

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