Gesina (“Gesche”) Margarethe Gottfried was a German serial killer who murdered 15 people by arsenic poisoning in Bremen and Hanover, Germany, between 1813 and 1827, including her parents, her two husbands, her fiancé, and her children. She was the final person to be publicly executed in the city of Bremen. “Effigy: Poison and the City” is based on her story and of a female clerk who ends up being a crucial role in the case. The movie was shortlisted for an Oscar Nomination in Best Foreign Film while it collected 22 awards all over the world from Dallas and San Francisco to Germany, London and Cyprus.
The story takes place in 1828, in the port city of Bremen, as we are initially introduced to Senator Droste, who was also a judge when the judicial procedures were still of inquisition style, with the trials taking place without audience, and with the initial judges just submitting a report to the Supreme Court,...
The story takes place in 1828, in the port city of Bremen, as we are initially introduced to Senator Droste, who was also a judge when the judicial procedures were still of inquisition style, with the trials taking place without audience, and with the initial judges just submitting a report to the Supreme Court,...
- 11/10/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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