Teenage Wolfpack

Teenage Wolfpack
Teenage Wolfpack
Directed by	Georg Tressler
Written by	Will Tremper (screenplay); Will Tremper (story); Georg Tressler (screenplay);
Produced by	Wenzel Lüdecke (producer); Artur Brauner (associate producer);
Starring	Horst Buchholz; Karin Baal;
Cinematography	Heinz Pehlke
Edited by	Wolfgang Flaum
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production; company	Interwest
Distributed by	Union-Film Distributors Corporation of America (US)
Release date	27 September 1956;
Running time	97 minutes; 89 minutes (US);
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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 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

Teenage Wolfpack at IMDb
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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