The Child I Never Was

The Child I Never Was

2002 · 81 min · DE · 7.2 (18 votes)
Dir. Kai S. Pieck · Starring Tobias Schenke, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann, Jürgen Christoph Kamcke, Sebastian Rüger, Stephan Szasz

What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?

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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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This film offers a dispassionate, chilling descent into the mind of a killer. It's a bleak, unsettling exploration of trauma and psychopathy, presented with gritty realism and a disturbing, nihilistic tone. Not for the faint of heart.

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