, the film is a West German-Italian co-production categorized as an erotic drama or a controversial coming-of-age story. It centers on the interactions between three young people in a forest setting.

* Pier Giuseppe Murgia. * Writers. Peter Berling. Dieter Geissler. * Martin Loeb. Lara Wendel. Eva Ionesco. Maladolescenza (1977) - Full cast & crew - IMDb

Murgia was an Italian writer and director. Maladolescenza was his directorial debut. He intended the film to be a dark, realistic fairy tale about the inherent cruelty of childhood before social conditioning takes over. He later directed Voglia di volare (1984) for Italian television.