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Young Törless (1966)

Young Törless poster
Original title
Der junge Törless
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
16
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 60 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the early 1900s, a sensitive young boy at an Austrian military academy watches his classmates bully and torment another student. The boy is confused by his own reactions and the cruelty happening around him.

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What happens

Young Törless (German: Der junge Törless) is a 1966 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, adapted by Schlöndorff and Herbert Asmodi from the 1906 novel The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil. It deals with the violent and sadistic tendencies of a group of boys at an Austrian military academy at the beginning of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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