The Child I Never Was
6.7
“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.
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Cast
8 people
Tobias Schenke
Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Known for
Ants in the Pants
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Ulrike Bliefert
Gertrud Bartsch
Known for
The Samurai
Walter Gontermann
Gerhard Bartsch
Known for
Stromberg
Just Desserts
Jürgen Christoph Kamcke
Father Seidlitz
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The Talahon-Saga
The Warning
Sebastian Rüger
Young Deacon
Also in
Emma's Bliss
No Regrets
Stephan Szasz
Young Priest
Known for
The Experiment
Roland Riebeling
Chaplain Herles
Known for
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Scene of the Crime
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Jürgen Bartsch, Younger
Known for
Babylon Berlin
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
Kai S. Pieck Director · Paul Moor Author Egon Werdin Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2.6K · First release November 15, 2002 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,609
Production
MTM West Television & Film
Production
WDR
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 15, 2002
Premiere · Kinofest Lünen
No release date listed for United States.
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