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A psychological portrait loosely based on the true story of Gesche Gottfried who became notorious in 19th century Bremen for killing fifteen people with arsenic. Known by her neighbors and friends as a merciful Christian, loving mother and devoted wife, she poisoned within fifteen years her parents, her brother, two husbands, three children and numerous friends. When caught, she never denied her deeds, but could not give any reason.Read moreLess
A psychological portrait loosely based on the true story of Gesche Gottfried who became notorious in 19th century Bremen for killing fifteen people with arsenic. Known by her neighbors and friends as a merciful Christian, loving mother and devoted wife, she poisoned within fifteen years her parents, her brother, two husbands, three children and numerous friends. When caught, she never denied her deeds, but could not give any reason.
The story
A psychological portrait loosely based on the true story of Gesche Gottfried who became notorious in 19th century Bremen for killing fifteen people with arsenic. Known by her neighbors and friends as a merciful Christian, loving mother and devoted wife, she poisoned within fifteen years her parents, her brother, two husbands, three children and numerous friends. When caught, she never denied her deeds, but could not give any reason.
Cast & crew
Geno LechnerGesche Gottfried
Stefan KurtGottfried
Margit CarstensenMutter Timm
Sylvester GrothJohann Timm
Thomas AnzenhoferTheodor
Antje WestermannBeta
Klaus ManchenVater TimmExplore the crew
- Director
- Walburg von Waldenfels
- Director of Photography
- Krzysztof Ptak
- Producer
- Jost Hering
- Writer
- Walburg von Waldenfels
- Writer
- Christian Frosch
- Editor
- Christel Orthmann