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Young Törless
''Young Törless'' (german: Der junge Törless) is a 1966 German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, adapted from the autobiographical novel ''The Confusions of Young Törless'' by Robert Musil. It deals with the violent, sadistic and homoerotic tendencies of a group of boys at an Austrian military academy at the beginning of the 20th century. Plot At the beginning of the 20th century, Thomas Törless (Mathieu Carrière) arrives at the academy and learns how Anselm von Basini ( Marian Seidowsky) has been caught stealing by fellow student Reiting ( Fred Dietz). Basini is obliged to become Reiting's "slave," bowing to Reiting's sadistic rituals. Törless follows their relationship with intellectual interest but without emotional involvement. Also partaking in these sessions is Beineberg ( Bernd Tischer), with whom Törless visits Bozena (Barbara Steele), the local prostitute. Again, Törless is aloof and more intrigued than excited by the woman. He is however very eager to underst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which also included Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Margarethe von Trotta and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He won an Academy Awards, Oscar as well as the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Tin Drum (film), The Tin Drum'' (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. Early life Volker Schlöndorff was born in Wiesbaden, Germany to the physician Dr. Georg Schlöndorff. His mother was killed in a kitchen fire in 1944. His family moved to Paris in 1956, where Schlöndorff won awards at school for his work in philosophy. He graduated in political science at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, while at the same time studying film at the Institut des hautes études ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Ledl
Lotte Ledl (born 16 March 1930) is an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Forester of the Silver Wood'' (1954) * '' The Dairymaid of St. Kathrein'' (1955) * ''Kaiserjäger'' (1956) * '' Forest Liesel'' (1956) * ''Der Schandfleck'' (1956) * '' Her Corporal'' (1956) * '' War of the Maidens'' (1957) * '' A Song Goes Round the World'' (1958) * '' Tomorrow Is My Turn'' (1960) * ''Max the Pickpocket'' (1961) * '' Street of Temptation'' (1962) * ''Apartmentzauber'' (1963) * ''Schweik's Awkward Years'' (1964) * ''Heidi'' (1965) * ''Young Törless'' (1966) * ''Die Klasse'' (TV film, 1968) * ''My Father, the Ape and I'' (1971) * ''Rudi, Behave!'' (1971) * ''Derrick'' – Season 5, Episode 03: "Abendfrieden" (1978) * ''Derrick'' – Season 8, Episode 02: "Am Abgrund" (1981) * ''Derrick'' – Season 9, Episode 04: "Die Fahrt nach Lindau" (1982) * '' '38 – Vienna Before the Fall'' (1985) * ''Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung'' (TV film, 1995) * ''Eine fast perfekte Scheidung'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 LGBT-related Films
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
