The Child I Never Was (2002)
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.
Director:
Kai S. Pieck
Writer:
Kai S. Pieck
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Tobias Schenke as Jürgen Bartsch, Older |
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Ulrike Bliefert as Gertrud Bartsch |
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Walter Gontermann as Gerhard Bartsch |
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Jürgen Christoph Kamcke as Father Seidlitz |
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Sebastian Rüger as Young Deacon |
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Stephan Szasz as Young Priest |
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Roland Riebeling as Chaplain Herles |
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Sebastian Urzendowsky as Jürgen Bartsch, Younger |
| Art | Bertram Strauß | Set Designer |
| Directing | Kai S. Pieck | Director |
| Production | Bettina Scheuren | Producer |
| Sound | Kurt Dahlke | Music |
| Writing | Kai S. Pieck | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Moor | Novel |
| Sound | Rainer J.G. Uhl | Music |
| Editing | Ingo Ehrlich | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne Jendritzko | Costume Design |
| Camera | Egon Werdin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Erik Seifert | Sound |
| Sound | Sebastian Pohle | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mario Migge | Boom Operator |