Directed by:
Volker SchlöndorffCinematography:
Franz RathComposer:
Hans Werner HenzeCast:
Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Barbara Steele, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz, Lotte Ledl, Herbert Asmodi, Fritz GehlenPlots(1)
In the pre-war Austro-Hungarian empire, Törless arrives as a new pupil at the elite boarding school "Prinz Eugen" in what is today Austria. When classmate Basini is caught stealing, Törless passively observes while two other classmates "punish" the thief. The two use sadistic rituals to torture and humiliate their victim while deriding him as their spineless submissive. Not until the two boys deliver Basini into the hands of a mob of agitated schoolmates does Törless publicly distance himself. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Mathieu Carrière
West Germany
Best movies:
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
Navire Night (1979)
Marian Seidowsky
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
Gods of the Plague (1970)
Barbara Steele
UK
Best movies:
8½ (1963)
Young Törless (1966)
For Love and Gold (1966)
Bernd Tischer
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)
Fred Dietz
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)
Lotte Ledl
Austria
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)
Tafelspitz (1994)
Heidi (1965)
Herbert Asmodi
German Empire
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)
Fritz Gehlen
Belgium
Best movies:
Young Törless (1966)