Young Törless
Synopsis
At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school authorities, they will punish him themselves and proceed to torture, degrade, and humiliate the boy, with ever-increasing sadistic delight. As each day passes, the two boys are able to justify harsher treatment than previously given. Torless is a passive member of the group but observes rather than participates and frustrates the tormentors by dryly analyzing their behavior.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : NEF - Nouvelles Éditions de Films
- Foreign production company : Seitz Film
- French distribution : Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (CFDC)
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Volker Schlöndorff
- Director of Photography : Franz Rath
- Music Composer : Hans-Werner Henze
- Editor : Claus Von Boro
- Foreign Producer : Franz Seitz
- Author of original work : Robert Musil
- Co-producers : Louis Malle, Jean-François Malle
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : German
- Coproducer countries : Germany, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1966
- French release : 03/06/1966
- Runtime : 1 h 27 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 31300
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
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