Teenage Wolfpack
{{Short description|1956 film by Georg Tressler}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Teenage Wolfpack
| image = Teenage Wolfpack FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Georg Tressler
| producer = {{ubl|Wenzel Lüdecke (producer)|Artur Brauner (associate producer)}}
| writer = {{ubl|Will Tremper (screenplay)|Will Tremper (story)|Georg Tressler (screenplay)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Horst Buchholz|Karin Baal}}
| music = Martin Böttcher
| cinematography = Heinz Pehlke
| editing = Wolfgang Flaum
| studio = Interwest
| distributor = Union-Film
| released = {{Film date|1956|09|27|df=yes}}
| runtime = {{ubl|97 minutes|89 minutes (US)}}
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Teenage Wolfpack ({{langx|de|Die Halbstarken}}) is a 1956 German crime drama film directed by Georg Tressler. The film is also known as Wolfpack in the United Kingdom. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin
Plot summary
The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy (Horst Buchholz), his brother Jan (Christian Doermer), and bad girl Sissy (Karin Baal), in one of the first screen portrayals of juvenile delinquency in post-war West Germany.
Cast
- Horst Buchholz (credited as Henry Bookholt in the US release) as Freddy Borchert
- Karin Baal as Sissy Bohl
- Christian Doermer as Jan Borchert
- Jo Herbst as Günther
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Mutter Borchert
- Stanislav Ledinek as Antonio Garezzo
- Mario Ahrens as Mario
- Manfred Hoffmann as Klaus
- Hans-Joachim Ketzlin as Willi
- Kalle Gaffkus as Kudde
- Wolfgang Heyer as Woelfi
- Paul Wagner as Vater Borchert
- Eduard Wandrey as Pepe Garezzo
- Friedrich Joloff as Theo
- Ruth Mueller as Rita
- Egon Vogel as Prillinger
- Gudrun Kruger
- Ingrid Kirsch
- Oskar Lindner
- Marion Lebens
- Editha Horn
- Heinz Palm
- Paul Bladschun
Soundtrack
- Mister Martin's Band - "In Chicago"
- Mister Martin's Band - "Sissy Blues"
- Mister Martin's Band - "Mister Martin's Hop"
- Mister Martin's Band - "Swing Party"
External links
- {{IMDb title|0049288|Teenage Wolfpack}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=TeenageWolfpack|name=Teenage Wolfpack}} (English dialogue)
- {{Internet Archive film|id=DieHalbstarkenSozialkritischesJugenddrama|name=Die Halbstarken}} (German dialogue)
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Category:1956 crime drama films
Category:German teen drama films
Category:German crime drama films
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Georg Tressler
Category:1950s teen drama films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Spandau Studios
Category:Films scored by Martin Böttcher
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