Warm in the Bud (1970)

Independently and very inexpensively produced Warm in the Bud is an overambitious but essentially worthwhile character study Adapted by producerdirector Rudolph Caringi from the Franz Wedekind play Springs Awakening the film stars Robert Mont as Moritz and Dean Stricklin as Melchior two sensitive youths growing up in the insensitive 19th century Upon approaching manhood Moritz and Melchior come to grips with the inevitable in highly unorthodox fashion As a result one dies prematurely while the other retreats into himself