Young Törless

Routine at the turn-of-the-20th century Austrian military school finds Matthieu Carriere (title character) struggling to adapt, and initial tensions between strapped Basini (Marian Seidowsky) and dominant Reiting (Alfred Deitz), in Volker Schlondorff’s acclaimed first feature, Young Torless, 1966.

As specified in the novel, this takes place at a military school in Austria-Hungary around 1900, in what is now the Czech Republic, Matthieu Carriere the title character, Herbert Asmodi and Hanne Axmann-Rezzori his parents, in director Volker Schlondorff’s debut, Young Torless, 1966.

Barbara Steele, then best-known from gaudy British horror roles, is Bozena, single-mom prostitute welcoming early-20th century Austrian military school cadets, experienced Beineberg (Bernd Tischer) and novice Matthieu Carriere (title character) in Volker Schlondorff’s Young Torless, 1966.