Young Törless
Young Törless

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At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school authorities, they will punish him themselves and proceed to torture, degrade, and humiliate the boy, with ever-increasing sadistic delight. As each day passes, the two boys are able to justify harsher treatment than previously given. T... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Young Törless:

Mathieu Carrière
Marian Seidowsky
Bernd Tischer
Fred Dietz
Lotte Ledl
Jean Launay

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At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school authorities, they will punish him themselves and proceed to torture, degrade, and humiliate the boy, with ever-increasing sadistic delight. As each day passes, the two boys are able to justify harsher treatment than previously given. Torless is a passive member of the group but observes rather than participates and frustrates the tormentors by dryly analyzing their behavior.

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User Review - 10/10 by C.J. AIt's like 'Dead Poet's Society,' but meaner, grittier, more intimately realized. At once philosophical and heartwrenching and full-on disturbing. Great shit.
User Review - 10/10 by Brandon OBrilliant film showing how appeasement and the dark side of human nature can give rise to fascism. Manages to stay true to Musil's novel written twenty-five years before the rise of Nazism, while providing insightful commentary on Europe's recent past and raising questions on the nature of good and evil that remain relevant.
User Review - 10/10 by Ben WA study that suggests that, sadly, cruelty is merely entertainment... for some. There are parallels that may be drawn with the Nazi madmen. Technically, Schlondorff 's camera moves effortlessly and the film is beautifully photographed. Being a Barbara Steele devotee, I found it impossible to read the subtitles when she was on screen. =)
User Review - 10/10 by Sinan UBased on the novel "Confusion of young Torless" by the great R. Musil this is Schlondorff's first movie. Not for everyone. The acting by the leading actor is fantastic: a German Hamlet. I especially liked the imaginary numbers allegory, and the mathematics teacher in the movie.
User Review - 10/10 by Y'ng Ythe style of the film is effectively terse, intimation of schoolboy bullying brought to the extreme, and young torless transforming from a dispassionate observer of cruelty to a sympathizer with the victim (yet could not intervene), which then brought on internal reflections and conflicts that culminate with a profound insight beyond his years towards the end.
User Review - 10/10 by David HGrandious Drama about a Student of a Austro-Hungarian Internat who gets fascinated about Power and Humaliation when the Students of German Ethnicity torture and abuse a Jewish Student who stole Money from one of them
User Review - 8/10 by Private UI'm still on the fence on how I feel towards this film - it's undoubetedly thought-provoking and intelligent, but at the same time, frustrating and perturbing....very interesting film....
User Review - 8/10 by Nick MYoung Torless is an interesting film. No doubt becomes stronger taken as a commentary on Germany's involvement in World War 2 and beyond, yet the original novel predates Nazism. Still, I think Schlondorff's vision of the film reinforces the former... Certainly worth seeing. Criterion's done a nice job restoring it.
User Review - 8/10 by Courtney SExamination of how people engage in and allow cruelty to happen. Beautifully shot, penetrating and heartbreaking. All these young men and the terrible things they are capable of doing - applicable to Nazism, soldiering, prison abuse, etc. The black-and-white photography makes the film's beauty clash with its harsh subject matter. Plus, Barbara Steele makes a supremely odd appearance as an insightful prostitute.
User Review - 8/10 by Hossein NFrightening and effective portrayal of cruelty in an all boy's school. Simultaneously disturbing and thought-provoking.

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