Movie: The Child I Never Was

Top 8 Billed 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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    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.

  • Release Date

    2002-11-15

  • Average

    6.522

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?

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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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