Teenage Wolfpack

1956 film by Georg Tressler
  • Will Tremper (screenplay)
  • Will Tremper (story)
  • Georg Tressler (screenplay)
Produced by
  • Wenzel Lüdecke (producer)
  • Artur Brauner (associate producer)
Starring
  • Horst Buchholz
  • Karin Baal
CinematographyHeinz PehlkeEdited byWolfgang FlaumMusic byMartin Böttcher
Production
company
Interwest
Distributed byUnion-Film Distributors Corporation of America (US)
Release date
  • 27 September 1956 (1956-09-27)
Running time
  • 97 minutes
  • 89 minutes (US)
CountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Teenage Wolfpack (German: 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 Cissy (Karin Baal), in one of the first considerations 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

  • Teenage Wolfpack at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Teenage Wolfpack is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive (English dialogue)
  • Die Halbstarken is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive (German dialogue)
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