Torn out! What now?

Television series
Original title	Torn out! What now?
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
year	1978
Production company	Taunus Film-Produktions GmbH advertisement in broadcasting company
length	25 minutes
Episodes	13 ( list )
genre	Family film drama
Director	Walter Kausch Georg Tressler
script	Walter Kausch
First broadcast	1978 on ARD

Torn out! What now? is a socially critical TV series from ARD from 1978. It tells the stories of young runaways and the difficult work of their helpers. The broadcast took place in the evening programs of the regional broadcasters.

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The focus of the series with self-contained episodes and changing actors are stories about teenage runaways, the background and motivation for their desperate actions. They come from a good family or come from youth homes and boarding schools. Often the causes of their problems lie in domestic conflicts or arguments with teachers or home managers. The difficult work of psychologists, social workers and police officers, whose goal is to lead the outliers back to an orderly life, is also described.

Actors and roles (selection)

The following prominent actors played the main or supporting roles in the series: Carolin van Bergen , Claudia Rieschel , Hans von Borsody , Heide Keller , Pierre Franckh , Witta Pohl , Lutz Moik , Uwe Ochsenknecht and Franziska Bronnen .

Episodes

All episodes were first broadcast between August and December 1978.

episode	title
1	The good friend
2	Forced friendship
3	Off to boarding school
4th	The permanent guest
5	The holiday camp
6th	The qualified degree
7th	Secret drive
8th	New parent
9	I'm not going to the home
10	The European Cup game
11	What's wrong with Jürgen?
12	The better solution
13	It's over at ten o'clock

Web links

• Torn out! What now? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Torn out! What now? at Fernsehserien.de

DVD release

The series was released on July 24, 2015 in a complete box with all 13 episodes of Pidax.