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
Release date	27 September 1956 (1956-09-27)
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 Sissy (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)