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The Child I Never Was

"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.

Top 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

Overview

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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