Obituary of a Beast

Synopsis

Between 1962 and 1966, sex murderer Jurgen Bartsch cruelly tortured and killed four children in an old air raid bunker in Germany. This documentary examines the personality of the killer who died in 1976 during voluntary castration surgery at the age of 30. Vilified by the press for his heinous crime, Bartsch also became a case study for famous found criminal psychologists like Alice Miller (who maintains that no one abuses without being abused as a child, and murderers tend to have their own childhood abuse denied by the adults around them). Bartsch never met his birth parents, he was raised in a clinic and later adopted by a cold, unaffectionate couple. By the age of 15, he tortured and killed his first child victim. This informative, fact-filled documentary provides enough details for viewers to come away with a broader understanding of the nature of the criminally insane and society's role in their formation.

Main Cast

Wilfried Rasch

Himself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Niels Bolbrinker
Directing	Director	Rolf Schübel
Writing	Screenplay	Michael Lentz Rolf Schübel
	Idea	Michael Lentz
Editing	Editor	Harald Reetz
Production	Producer	Jelka Naber Ingeborg Janiczek
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