The Child I Never Was(2002)
What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?
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.
Movie: The Child I Never Was
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Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Gertrud Bartsch
Gerhard Bartsch
Young Priest
Chaplain Herles
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.
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2002-11-15
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What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?
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