''Teenage Wolfpack'' (german: Die Halbstarken) is a 1956 German
crime
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drama film
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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
United Kingdom
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. It was shot at the
Spandau Studios
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Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; ...
in
West Berlin
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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
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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- ...
(credited as Henry Bookholt in the US release) as Freddy Borchert
*
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 ...
as Sissy Bohl
*
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 ...
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
*
Wolfgang Heyer
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as Woelfi
*
Paul Wagner
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Amateur career
Wagner atten ...
as Vater Borchert
*
Eduard Wandrey
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as Pepe Garezzo
*
Friedrich Joloff Friedrich may refer to:
Names
* Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
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Other
* Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Year ...
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
*
Ingrid Kirsch
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* InGrid, the grid computing project ...
*
Oskar Lindner Oskar may refer to:
* oskar (gene), the Drosophila gene
* Oskar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.
Etymology
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*
Marion Lebens
*
Editha Horn
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*
Heinz Palm
*
Paul Bladschun
Soundtrack
*
Mister Martin's Band
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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
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* (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
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