THE CHILD I NEVER WAS
by Kai S. Pieck
synopsis
Between 1962 and 1966, four schoolboys were abused, tortured and killed in Germany's Ruhr District. Their tormentor, Juergen Bartsch, was fifteen at the time of his first crime; nineteen when he was caught. His mesmerizing confession, which frames the re-enactment of his crimes and the circumstances through which they came about, forms the heart of this journey into the dark reaches of a troubled mind.
international title: | The Child I Never Was |
original title: | Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2002 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kai S. Pieck |
film run: | 83' |
screenplay: | Kai S. Pieck |
cast: | Tobias Schenke, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann |
cinematography by: | Egon Werdin |
film editing: | Ingo Ehrlich |
art director: | Bertram Strauß |
music: | Kurt Dahlke |
producer: | Bettina Scheuren |
production: | MTM West Television & Film, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk |