The Child I Never Was

1h 21min

Drama

Crime

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.

Production Companies

MTM West Television & Film

WDR

Cast

Tobias Schenke

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Ulrike Bliefert

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch
Walter Gontermann

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch
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

Release date

15th Nov 2002

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch