Teenage Wolfpack

Sep 27, 1956

1h 37m

★ 6.1

THINK OF A LAW ! ... they've broken it ! THINK OF A CRIME ! ... they've committed it !

Overview

The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy, his brother Jan, and bad girl Cissy, in one of the first considerations of juvenile delinquency in post-war West Germany.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Inter West Film

Teenage Wolfpack Trailers

Cast

Freddy Borchert

Horst Buchholz

Sissy Bohl

Karin Baal

Jan Borchert

Christian Doermer

Günther

Jo Herbst

Frau Borchert

Viktoria von Ballasko

Antonio Garezzo

Stanislav Ledinek

Mario

Mario Ahrens

Klaus

Manfred Hoffmann

Willi

Hans-Joachim Ketzlin

Kudde

Kalle Gaffkus

Herr Borchert

Wolfgang Heyer

Pepe Garezzo

Eduard Wandrey

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”

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