The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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 first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Volker SchlöndorffWriter
- Herbert AsmodiWriter
- Hans Werner HenzeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mathieu CarrièreThomas Törleß
- Marian SeidowskyAnselm von Basini
- Bernd TischerBeineberg
- Fred DietzReiting
- Lotte LedlGastwirtin / Innkeeper
- Jean LaunayMathematiklehrer / Maths Teacher
- Barbara SteeleBozena
- Hanna Axmann-RezzoriCast
- Herbert AsmodiCast
- Fritz GehlenCast
Stills
Themes
boarding schoolmathematicsbullyingtortureaustria-hungarylgbtcorporal punishmentmilitary academy20th centurygood and evilimaginary numbers