Unlike the aggressive "frat boy" archetype of the US, the European Golden Boy is melancholic. He is inspired by the cinema of Bertolucci ( The Dreamers ) and the photography of Nan Goldin. Bleisch’s boys are sensitive, but detached. They feel like an homage to the "Euro trash" aesthetic—glamorous decay.

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Bleisch was arrested in Dresden. During his trial, it was revealed that he had created a vast archive of child pornography.

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Bleisch establishes a network in the Czech Republic, taking advantage of the post-Cold War economic climate and less stringent oversight to recruit young boys from impoverished backgrounds or orphanages.

After serving his prison sentence, Bleisch permanently withdrew from the film industry and sought to distance himself from his past criminal record. In 2004, he legally took his wife's surname.