Crime ·Drama · Austria · 1988 · 1h 23m

Fegefeuer

Director

Cast

Bobby Prem as Jack Unterweger Ingrid Ettlmayer as Marion Jürgen Goslar as grandfather Jeanette Mühlmann as mother Hartmut Nolte as Katharina Wressnig as Chris

Crew

Jiří Štíbr — Director of Photography Eliška Štíbrová — Editor Bernhard Seiter — Writer Willi Hengstler — Writer Jack Unterweger — Novel Dieter Pochlatko — Producer

Synopsis

The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger, who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault. In 1974, Unterweger murdered 18-year-old German citizen Margaret Schäfer by strangling her with her own bra, and in 1976 was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

Mood & Themes

biography

Key Collaborators

Willi Hengstler Director Jiří Štíbr Director of Photography Eliška Štíbrová Editor Bernhard Seiter Writer Willi Hengstler Writer Jack Unterweger Novel Dieter Pochlatko Producer

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