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1966 | Color | 87 min

Adapted from the autobiographical novel The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil, the film tells the story of two teenage boys who indulge in the sadistic torture and humiliation of a young Jewish boy at an Austrian military academy at the beginning of the 20th century. Though the film's title character, young Törless, does not take active part in the torture, preferring to watch impassively from the sidelines, he soon comes to realize that he is as guilty as his friends.


Country: Alemania
Direction: Schlöndorff; Volker
Script: Musil; Robert, Schlöndorff; Volker
Production: Seitz; Franz, Malle; Louis
Photography: Rath; Franz
Sound: Eckelt; Klaus
Music: Werner Henze; Hans
Cast:Carrière; Mathieu, Seidowsky; Marian, Tischer; Bernd, Dietz; Fred, Steele; Barbara, Asmodi; Herbert, Launay; Jean, Axmann-rezzori; Hanna
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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