# Young Törless (1966)

> At a pre-war Austro-Hungarian boarding school, an analytical student watches a punishment ritual mutate into sadistic domination.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/30244

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast: Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz, Lotte Ledl, Jean Launay, Barbara Steele, Hanna Axmann-Rezzori
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060574/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: oppressive, austere, cerebral, serious film study, arthouse cinema night

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