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The Last Years of Childhood (1979)
Directed by Norbert Kückelmann
Drama · 1h 45m
A juvenile offender is handed over to authorities at age 13 and placed in an institution in this somber social drama. Martin is a petty thief who enjoys stealing and looks up to his older brother. When he is informed that his brother has died, Martin runs away from the reform school. He passes through various institutions and is labeled as incorrigible because of his refusal to comply with the rules of society. A dedicated child psychologist tries to save Martin when he entertains thoughts of suicide.
Cast
Karl Obermayr
Wilfried Klaus
Ernst Hannawald
Crew
- Director
- Norbert Kückelmann
- Writer
- Norbert Kückelmann, Thomas Petz
- Director of Photography
- Jürgen Jürges
- Editor
- Jane Seitz
- Producer
- Norbert Kückelmann, Ingeborg Janiczek
Details
- Original title
- Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit
- Release date
- 1979-09-19
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Film-Fernsehen-Autoren-Team GmbH, Filmverlag der Autoren