The Child I Never Was

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20021h 21m

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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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Tobias Schenke - Jürgen Bartsch, Older in The Child I Never Was

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert - Gertrud Bartsch in The Child I Never Was

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann - Gerhard Bartsch in The Child I Never Was

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch

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Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

Father Seidlitz

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Sebastian Rüger

Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz - Young Priest in The Child I Never Was

Stephan Szasz

Young Priest

Roland Riebeling - Chaplain Herles in The Child I Never Was

Roland Riebeling

Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky - Jürgen Bartsch, Younger in The Child I Never Was

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

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Release Date

November 15, 2002

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Crime, Drama

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