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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.

  • Drama
  • Crime

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tobias SchenkeTobias SchenkeJürgen Bartsch, Older
  • Photo of Ulrike BliefertUlrike BliefertGertrud Bartsch
  • Photo of Walter GontermannWalter GontermannGerhard Bartsch
  • Photo of Jürgen Christoph KamckeJürgen Christoph KamckeFather Seidlitz
  • Photo of Sebastian RügerSebastian RügerYoung Deacon
  • Photo of Stephan SzaszStephan SzaszYoung Priest
  • Photo of Roland RiebelingRoland RiebelingChaplain Herles
  • Photo of Sebastian UrzendowskySebastian UrzendowskyJürgen Bartsch, Younger

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