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Young Törless (1966)

Young Törless (1966)

Drama
Release Date: 1966, May 20
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff
Countries: Germany, France
Production: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Cast: Barbara Steele, Mathieu Carrière, Lotte Ledl, Jean Launay, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

bullying lgbt torture boarding school 20th century mathematics military academy austria-hungary good and evil corporal punishment imaginary numbers