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Young Törless
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
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Young Törless was released May 20, 1966. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
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Cast
Mathieu CarrièreThomas Törleß
Lotte LedlGastwirtin / Innkeeper
Barbara SteeleBozena
Hanna Axmann-RezzoriCredits
- Directed by
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Written by
- Volker Schlöndorff, Herbert Asmodi, Robert Musil
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Original title
- Der junge Törless
Production
- Franz Seitz FilmproduktionGermany
- Nouvelles Éditions de FilmsFrance