The Child I Never Was
“What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?”
Synopsis
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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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Ingo EhrlichShot by Egon WerdinScored by Kurt DahlkeDesigned by Bertram Strau
Box Office
2002 · Box office
Grossed $3K worldwide
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$3K
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- The Child i never wagen
- The Child I Never Wases
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tobias Schenke
as Jürgen Bartsch, Older
Sebastian Urzendowsky
as Jürgen Bartsch, Younger
Ulrike Bliefert
as Gertrud Bartsch
Walter Gontermann
as Gerhard Bartsch
Jurgen Christoph Kamcke
as Father Seidlitz
Sebastian Ruger
as Young Deacon
Stephan Szasz
as Young Priest
Roland Riebeling
as Chaplain Herles
Hans Joachim Kulenkampff
as Self
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1Other crew
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