The Child I Never Was

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.

6.522

81 min

Cast

Tobias Schenke

as Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert

as Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann

as Gerhard Bartsch

Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

as Father Seidlitz

Sebastian Rüger

as Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz

as Young Priest

Roland Riebeling

as Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky

as Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

Director

Kai S. Pieck