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The Child I Never Was

Dir. Kai S. Pieck·2002·1h 21m

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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The Child I Never Was

The Child I Never Was (2002)

Kai S. Pieck

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1h 21m
Cross-source blend ~67/100

At a glance

Countries

Germany

Ratings

TMDB users

6.5/10

24 votes

IMDb

6.8/10

Users

Critics

75%Rotten Tomatoes

59Metacritic

Rating consensus

67/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~67/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Tobias Schenke

Jürgen Bartsch, Older

Ulrike Bliefert

Gertrud Bartsch

Walter Gontermann

Gerhard Bartsch

Jürgen Christoph Kamcke

Father Seidlitz

Sebastian Rüger

Young Deacon

Stephan Szasz

Young Priest

Roland Riebeling

Chaplain Herles

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Jürgen Bartsch, Younger

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