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Language. German. Young Törless ( German: Der junge Törless) is a 1966 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, adapted 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.
Young Törless: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz. In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.
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- Volker Schlöndorff
- 1968-07-22
Young Törless. 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 ...
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Genre. Bildungsroman. Publisher. Wiener Verlag. Publication date. 1906. Media type. Print (hardback & paperback) The Confusions of Young Törless ( German: Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß ), or Young Törless, is the literary debut of the Austrian philosophical novelist and essayist Robert Musil, first published in 1906.
- Robert Musil, Michael Mitchell, Ritchie Robertson
- 1906
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff • 1966 • France, West Germany. Starring Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer. 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.
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 ...
Torless is a passive member of the group but observes rather than participates and frustrates the tormentors by dryly analyzing their behavior. — Dean Harris <gershom@earthlink.net> Törless is a student at Prince Eugen Boarding School.
