Young Torless
Der junge Törless, feature film, Germany, 1966
DIRECTED BY: Volker Schlöndorff
CAST:
Mathieu Carrière (Thomas Törless),
Marian Seidowsky (Anselm von Basini),
Bernd Tischer (Beineberg),
Fred Dietz (Reiting),
Lotte Ledl (Gastwirtin)
SCRIPT:
Herbert Asmodi,
Volker Schlöndorff (prema romanu Roberta Musila)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Franz Rath
Synopsis:
This is the first feature film by the director Volker Schlöndorff and the film adaptation of Robert Musil’s novel. The story takes place in an Austrian military school at the beginning of the 20th century. The main character is Thomas Törless, a young man who witnessed a sadistic abuse of one of the students by two of Thomas’ friends.
The director won the critics’ award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.
digital, b/w, 87 min