''Teenage Wolfpack'' (german: Die Halbstarken) is a 1956 German

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directed by

Georg Tressler Georg Tressler (January 25, 1917 – January 6, 2007) was a Vienna-born German film actor and film director. Also known as George Tressler, Hans Tressler, Hans Dressler, Hans Georg Keil and Hans Sternbeck (per IMDb). The son of actor Otto Tr ...

. The film is also known as ''Wolfpack'' in the

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. It was shot at the

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Plot summary

The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy (

Horst Buchholz Horst Werner Buchholz (4 December 1933 – 3 March 2003) was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English- ...

), his brother Jan (

Christian Doermer Christian Doermer (5 July 1935 – 14 July 2022) was a German actor and director. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows from 1954 to 2022. He starred in the 1966 film '' No Shooting Time for Foxes''. The film was entered int ...

), and bad girl Cissy (

Karin Baal Karin Baal (born 19 September 1940), real name Karin Blauermel, is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 90 films since 1956. Filmography Films *1956: ''Teenage Wolfpack'' *1957: '' Tired Theodore'' *1957: ' *1957: ''The Heart o ...

), in one of the first considerations of juvenile delinquency in post-war West Germany.

Cast

(credited as Henry Bookholt in the US release) as Freddy Borchert *

as Sissy Bohl *

as Jan Borchert *

Jo Herbst Jo Herbst (1928–1980) was a German film and television actor.Hardy p.213 Selected filmography * ''The Big Star Parade'' (1954) * ''The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * ''Heroism after Hours'' (1955) * ''Teenage Wolfpack'' (1956) * '' Confession ...

as Günther *

Viktoria von Ballasko Viktoria von Ballasko (24 January 1909, Vienna – 10 May 1976, Berlin) was an Austrian actress. She was born Viktoria Maria Franziska Ballasko. Partial filmography * ''Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) - Anna, seine Frau * ''Kinderarzt Dr ...

as Mutter Borchert *

Stanislav Ledinek Stanislav Ledinek (26 June 1920 – 30 March 1969) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1953 and 1968. He died in Istanbul, Turkey. Selected filmography * '' Such a Charade'' (1953) * ''Red Roses, Red Lips, Re ...

as Antonio Garezzo * Mario Ahrens as Mario * Manfred Hoffmann as Klaus * Hans-Joachim Ketzlin as Willi * Kalle Gaffkus as Kudde *

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as Woelfi *

Paul Wagner Paul Alan Wagner (born November 14, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–1997), Milwaukee Brewers (1997–1998), and Cleveland Indians (1999). Amateur career Wagner atten ...

as Vater Borchert *

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as Pepe Garezzo *

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as Theo * Ruth Mueller as Rita *

Egon Vogel Egon Vogel (1908–1993) was a German stage, television and film actor.Giesen p.190 A character actor he amassed over a hundred credits during his career, some of them in minor parts. Selected filmography Film * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * '' The Deru ...

as Prillinger * Gudrun Kruger *

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* Marion Lebens *

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* Heinz Palm * Paul Bladschun

Soundtrack

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- "In Chicago" * Mister Martin's Band - "Sissy Blues" * Mister Martin's Band - "Mister Martin's Hop" * Mister Martin's Band - "Swing Party"

External links

* * (English dialogue) * (German dialogue) 1956 films 1956 crime drama films German teen drama films German crime drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Georg Tressler 1950s teen drama films Films set in Berlin German black-and-white films 1950s gang films 1950s German films Films shot at Spandau Studios Films shot in Berlin {{crime-drama-film-stub