279 - Young Törless

About this episode

Jen and Tim explore the relevance of Volker Schlöndorff’s film Young Törless in the context of New German Cinema.

Jen and Tim go back to the roots of the New German Cinema and find much that’s still relevant in Volker Schlöndorff’s bleak character study, Young Törless. See video of Schlöndorff introducing a screening of Young Törless at a 2018 conference at Notre Dame. Jen hasn’t finished Klaus Theweleit’s Male Fantasies yet (it’s two volumes, plus she can’t read) but she’s gonna go ahead and recommend it to you if you’re at all interested in the psychology of fascism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jen, Tim

Topics covered

• New German Cinema
• character study
• psychology of fascism
• Volker Schlöndorff
• film analysis

Keywords

• Young Törless
• Volker Schlöndorff
• New German Cinema
• psychology of fascism
• Klaus Theweleit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: Young Törless, Male Fantasies

Places: Notre Dame

More episodes of Have You Seen This?

• 280 - The Offence · June 8, 2026 · 1h 21m
• 278 - The X-Files: I Want to Believe · May 18, 2026 · 1h 24m
• 277 - The Swimmer · May 10, 2026 · 1h 22m
• 276 - Manifesto · May 4, 2026 · 1h 18m
• 275 - Julia and Julia · April 26, 2026 · 1h 13m
• 273 - Delivery Boys · April 13, 2026 · 59 min