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Young Törless 1966

Runtime

87 mins

Language

German

German

Set in an Austrian boys’ boarding school at the turn of the 20th century, shy, intellectual Törless watches his peers engage in cruel, sadistic games, remaining passive as a classmate is tormented, until the abuse escalates beyond what he can endure. Based on Robert Musil’s celebrated novel, the film helped launch the New German Cinema movement and earned the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes in 1966, marking director Volker Schlöndorff’s debut.

Set in an Austrian boys’ boarding school at the turn of the 20th century, shy, intellectual Törless watches his peers engage in cruel, sadistic games, remaining passive as a classmate is tormented, until the abuse escalates beyond what he can endure. Based on Robert Musil’s celebrated novel, the film helped launch the New German Cinema movement and earned the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes in 1966, marking director Volker Schlöndorff’s debut.

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