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The Child I Never Was
The Child I Never Was

The Child I Never Was

What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$2609

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

81 mins

Rating

6.773/10

Release Date

15 November 2002

Country

Germany

Cast

Tobias Schenke

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch

Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

Father Seidlitz

Sebastian Rüger

Sebastian Rüger

Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz

Stephan Szasz

Young Priest

Roland Riebeling

Roland Riebeling

Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

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