Der junge T?less

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Der junge T?less (Young T?less) is a 1966 German movie directed by Volker Schl?dorff adapted from the autobiographical novel Die Verwirrungen des Z?lings T?less by Robert Musil dealing with the sadistic and homoerotic tendencies of a group of boys at an Austrian military academy at the beginning of the 20th century.

When Thomas T?less (Mathieu Carri?e) arrives at the academy, his interest is soon piqued by the apparently homosexual Anselm von Basini (Marian Seidowsky), who, after having been caught stealing by fellow student Reiting (Fred Dietz), becomes Reiting's "slave", bowing to Reiting's sadistic rituals. T?less follows their relationship with intellectual interest but without emotional involvement.

Also partaking in these sessions is Beineberg (Bernd Tischer), with whom T?less visits Bozena (Barbara Steele), the local prostitute. Again, T?less is aloof and more intrigued than excited by the woman.

When Basini and T?less are left alone in the academy, T?less sleeps with Basini, though he later decides it was just an experiment.

After Basini is nearly lynched by a mob because of one of Reiting's intrigues, T?less, having completed the transition from youth to adult, takes his life in his own hands for the first time and leaves the academy.