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The Child I Never Was

What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?
Nov 15, 2002 · 1h 21m
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Drama
Crime

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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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CAST

Tobias Schenke
Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Ulrike Bliefert
Gertrud Bartsch
Walter Gontermann
Gerhard Bartsch
Jürgen Christoph Kamcke
Father Seidlitz
Sebastian Rüger
Young Deacon
Stephan Szasz
Young Priest
Roland Riebeling
Chaplain Herles
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Jürgen Bartsch, Younger
Directed by Kai S. Pieck

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
DE
Budget
—
Revenue
$2,609
Production
MTM West Television & Film, WDR
Country
DE

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