Death of a Schoolboy
1990, German. Directed by Peter Patzak.
On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death in Sarajewo. His assassination caused a chain of events that brought about World War I and the downfall of old Europe. Who is the assassin? Who is GAVRE PRINCIP, a man that fate brought into the center of world attention. The subject of the film is not the historical background but rather the psychological makeup of PRINCIP at the age of seventeen.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 September 1990
- Original title
- Gavre Princip - Himmel unter Steinen
- Country
- Austria, Germany, Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Peter Patzak, David Antony
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Death of a Schoolboy runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Death of a Schoolboy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1990. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Death of a Schoolboy?
Death of a Schoolboy (1990) was directed by Peter Patzak and stars Reuben Pillsbury, Christopher Chaplin, Robert Munic.