who knows this feral twins??? [edit] Poto and Cabengo

[keirosebud]

Before some years I have seen on german television a documentation about female twins in usa (not sure). The parents had spoken german and english and they thought the girls are mentally handicapped so they treat them like this. The girls create their own language. When the girls were found, many experiments were made with them to check up if they were mentally handicapped ore not. I remember later one of the girls died ore was put into another family. The other girl was send into a sanatorium.

I searched in the net for this case but I could not find anything. I hope somebody know this case and could give me some information about.

Kei

[winelight]

That would be Poto and Cabengo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poto_and_Cabengo

It's extremely difficult to get hold of the film now. It was shown in Sheffield about two months ago.

[winelight]

Oh, and welcome to FeralChildren.com. Many thanks for your post. I hadn't heard about these twins before and found the story fascinating.

Andrew

[keirosebud]

You realy help me a lot! I'm very happy*_______* !

Greetings

Kei

[lovelylibrarian]

Any idea where I could find the film now?

[Kitty]

From what I've found, it seems like you'd be able to see it here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196866/ However, I'm not 100% sure since it is a pay site and I'm not a member. You might want to check it out further.

//Kitty

[winelight]

The director tells me:

Poto and Cabengo will be released next year in a box set of my American work by the Criterion Collection

Andrew

[lovelylibrarian]

The director tells me:

Poto and Cabengo will be released next year in a box set of my American work by the Criterion Collection

Andrew

Thanks so much for the info!