Germany
1966
87 minutes
Black and White
1.77:1
German
279
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.
| Törless | Mathieu Carriere |
| Basini | Marian Seidowsky |
| Beineberg | Bernd Tischer |
| Reiting | Fred Dietz |
| Innkeeper | Lotte Ledl |
| Math teacher | Jean Launay |
| Bozena | Barbara Steele |
| Mrs. Törless | Hanne Axmann-Rezzori |
| Mr. Törless | Herbert Asmodi |
| Director | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Music | Hans Werner Henze |
| Producer | Franz Seitz |
| Script adaptation treatment | Herbert Asmodi |
| Assistant directors | Herbert Rimbach and Klaus Müller-Laue |
| Production manager | Franz Achter |
| Art direction | Maleen Pacha |
| Editing | Claus von Boro |
| Sound | Klaus Eckelt |
| Cinematography | Franz Rath |
| Based on the novel by | Robert Musil |
Here’s a quick birthday shout-out to Academy Award–winning, New German Cinema trailblazing Volker Schlöndorff, who turns seventy today. The tireless Schlöndorff is reportedly celebrating in (his) style: he’s currently on a reading tour through Germany, promoting his new autobiography, Light . . .
The appearance of Young Törless in 1966 signaled not only the debut of Volker Schlöndorff as a major international filmmaker but also the beginnings of what would become known as the New German Cinema, one of the most important film movements of the twentieth century. Through the . . .
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