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Der junge Törless (1966)
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22 July 1968 (USA) morePlot:
At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Kids these days... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Mathieu Carrière | ... | Thomas Törless |
| Marian Seidowsky | ... | Anselm von Basini |
| Bernd Tischer | ... | Beineberg |
| Fred Dietz | ... | Reiting |
| Lotte Ledl | ... | Gastwirtin / Innkeeper |
| Jean Launay | ... | Mathematiklehrer / Maths Teacher |
| Barbara Steele | ... | Bozena |
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Germany:87 min | Argentina:90 minLanguage:
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By today's standards, a film like "Young Torless" may seem too coy and archly philosophical (and thus pretentious) a take on the corruption of youth, and the sources from which the corruption stems. Its strength, however, lies in the telling: when a student at a preparatory academy robs a peer to pay off a debt, he finds himself enslaved, both psychologically and sexually, by a gang of rogues looking to push him to the breaking point. In the midst of this is Torless (Matthieu Carriere), a student coming to terms with his identity in the midst of this moral dilemma, and whose mental landscape renders him a frustrated, conflicted character who runs the gamut from cold detachment to vague sympathy. While certain aspects of the film (the homosexual subplot, for instance) seem deliberately repressed due to the era, the implication is enough to give the events an additional potency. The black-and-white cinematography is excellent, capturing a specific atmosphere of dread and meditative solitude--German director Volker Schlondorff is not looking to titillate with sensationalist content, but instead spin a story of a young adult's struggle with the evils of an imperfect world. And on that level, "Young Torless" is one of the best films of its kind.