Die Halbstarken 1956 - Director: Georg Tressler

Horst Buchholz, Karin Baal, Christian Doermer, Jo Herbst 

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In this German Rebel without a Cause, a group of teenaged protagonists from well situated middle-class families reject their authoritarian fathers, products of the Nazi era. The sons knock around the streets, smoke, pick up girls, form small gangs, and fall into crime. The film’s most revealing scenes focus on the relationship between one of the boys and his family.