Jack the Ripper - A woman is chasing a murderer
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Jack the Ripper - A woman is chasing a murderer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sebastian Niemann |
| script | Holger Karsten Schmidt |
| production |
Dan Maag , Matthias Schweighöfer , Marco Beckmann , Marian Redmann , Thomas Gaschler |
| music | Egon Riedel |
| camera | Gerhard Schirlo |
| cut | Moune Barius |
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Jack the Ripper is a German TV film about the London killer Jack the Ripper from 2016 . The Sat.1 television film was directed by Sebastian Niemann and starred Sonja Gerhardt , Falk Hentschel , Sabin Tambrea and Vladimir Burlakov . The first broadcast took place on November 29, 2016 on the free TV channel Sat.1.
action
London 1888: The young German Anna Kosminski travels to London to start a new life with her mother and brother Jakob. Once there, she learns that her mother has died and Jakob is in a mental hospital and is accused of being the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper, who murdered several women in Whitechapel . But Anna is sure that her brother is not a murderer. She begins to investigate on her own, and the trail leads her to the studio of police photographer Samuel Harris, where her brother lived and worked. Samuel Harris is helpful. Anna can live in one room in the house and work as his assistant. Anna remains suspicious of the creepy old man. The investigating commissioner Frederick Abberline and Jacob's friend David Cohen also offer their help. She's not sure who to really trust. Anna is soon in great danger herself and is targeted by the serial killer - and no matter what Anna does, Jack the Ripper always seems to be one step ahead of her.
Anna travels to Leeds and tracks down the mother of a filmmaker and friend of her brother's to get information, but she is expelled from the house after a brief conversation. At the last second she stops the maid, who also believes in Jacob's innocence. She and Anna go to the cellar, where the filmmaker's films are, Anna finds a letter from Jakob. Suddenly the mother appears and claims that Anna is in great danger and that she should be careful not to investigate any further. Anna returns to London thoughtfully and meets with David Cohen and watches old footage. These prove that her brother was in Leeds at the time of the murders. When Anna is back in her room with Mr. Harris, she accidentally discovers a second room, behind one of the walls of her room, where there is a hole in the floor, through which one can look into the room in which Jacob allegedly murdered the prostitute should have. Mr. Harris asks her if she's found out anything - she says no. She goes into her room through the hole in the wall where she meets Mr. Harris. She accuses him of being the Ripper and threatens him with a gun, telling him to admit that Jacob is innocent. He snatches the gun from her and protests his innocence. He says he can prove he's not the ripper. He was with a young man that night that the murder happened. Mr. Harris suspects one of the police. Anna also learns that Jacob knew Mary. Anna drives to the mental institution where her brother is housed and confronts him, which is why he did not tell her that he knew Mary. He doesn't answer her specifically, but says that Mary had a daughter: Tascha Kelly, who was always with a woman while her mother went to work. Mr. Harris goes to her with Anna to question her and are threatened and beaten up by a gang of crooks. But Mr. Harris has a gun and can defend himself.
They learn from a crook that Mary's daughter lives in an orphanage. Anna and Mr. Harris go there to find Tascha. She looks very disturbed and the director of the institution breaks off the questioning when the child soaked in fear. Anna finds out beforehand that a police officer was with the child. Anna drives back to London and confronts Police Commissioner Briggs, who denies her allegations. Speaking to Anna, he says that the Ripper got the ghetto residents in the poor Whitechapel neighborhood to cooperate with the police. In this respect, Jack the Ripper is a blessing for society. Anna suggests bringing Mary's daughter to the presidium to organize a confrontation. He agrees. Anna drives back to the orphanage with Cohen and Abberline to talk to Tascha again. She finds the girl in a tower with her throat slit. Abberline advises Anna to leave the city so that she is not associated with Tasha's murder. Abberline tells Anna to go back to Mr. Harris and not talk to anyone. Anna follows his instructions and leaves. Anna tells Mr. Harris about the murder, and he asks her who knew everything about Tascha, Anna drives back to the asylum to see her brother as soon as possible because she fears Jack the Ripper might harm her brother, but she's too late. Shortly before, he was murdered by an anonymous police officer.
She searches his room and finds a film, including a camera. It shows the murder of Mary and Jack the Ripper himself: It's the police chief Briggs. In the meantime, Abberline is looking for Anna and finds Mr. Harris dead. Abberline is gunned down by the police chief. Anna is surprised by Mr. Cohen and realizes that it was he who filmed the murder. She threatens to betray Mr. Cohen, they get into a fight, but Anna can kill him. Briggs stands behind Anna and hurts her before he admits he is the Ripper. He wants to shoot Anna, but at the last second the injured Abberline arrives and shoots Briggs. He advises Anna again to leave the city. British society would never admit that Police Commissioner Briggs was the Ripper. Anna left London that night and Abberline survived and becomes the new police chief.
background
The film was announced under the working title Jack the Ripper in May 2016. The main role went to Sonja Gerhardt . The Galileo presenter Funda Vanroy can be seen in a guest role. The shooting took place on 27 days between May 23rd and June 28th 2016 in Vilnius , Lithuania . Several streets in Vilnius served as a backdrop for 19th century London.
The film was funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and FilmFernsehFonds Bayern with a total of 730,000 euros.
The film was followed by the documentary Jack the Ripper - What Really Happened . One of the main suspects of Ripper research, Aaron Kosminski , namesake for “Jakob” Kosminski in the TV film, was not even discussed here.
reception
Reviews
The film received mostly good reviews and few bad reviews.
Thomas Schultze said on Mediabiz.de: "Outstanding historical horror thriller that demonstrates a level of care and dedication that is seldom seen in German productions."
Mike Powelz judged in the Hörzu: "'Jack The Ripper' has everything an event film needs: a strong heroine, historical material and a creepy good story where you don't know who the killer is." (Hörzu # 47 from November 18, 2016)
TV-Today wrote: "By skillfully playing with contrasts - light and shadow, open and closed space - Sebastian Niemann succeeds in creating a gloomy atmosphere that captivates the viewer in its threateningly cold until the end." (TV-Today issue 24 November 26 - December 9, 2016)
Allgemeine Zeitung Rhein Main assessed: “The atmospherically dense and fast-paced Sat.1 thriller draws its tension from the fact that practically every man Anna Kosminski has to deal with in Whitechapel can be the ominous serial killer. In addition, there are well-dosed moments of shock and surprising twists and turns that keep the audience in suspense. "
TVheute.at said: "The historical setting and the impressive pictures ensure breathless tension in this new interpretation of the events around the probably most famous serial killer in history: Jack the Ripper."
Teleschau.de writes: “It is this mixture of fiction and historical fidelity that makes the SAT.1 film so appealing. Because the lack of separation between fact and invention has always been what kept the Jack the Ripper myth alive to this day. But above all, 'Jack the Ripper - A woman chases a murderer' is a surprisingly lavishly produced film. "
The television observer Rainer Tittelbach from 'Tittelbach.tv' judged the film as follows: “The thrill is too much stuck in the conventions of a women-oriented primetime product. As honorable as the attempt to tell a historical thriller, the dramaturgy and “heroine journey” are just as stereotypical. But the Sat-1 movie also appears half-baked in terms of film aesthetics and concept. "
Timo Nöthling rated onquotemeter.de that the film "got lost in content". He also found that “the film is visually appealing from the start with high production value”. Nöthling also said that the “event film” is too much “oriented towards its predominantly female target group”, “whereby the intensity typical for the material falls by the wayside”.
Alexander Kühn from Spiegel Online wrote: “Emancipation à la Sat.1: The lifestyle broadcaster sends a young woman with martial arts skills in old London to search for“ Jack the Ripper ”. Nice dirty horror string. "
Web links
- Jack the Ripper - A woman chasing a killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jack the Ripper - A woman is chasing a murderer . In: sat1.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Manuel Weis: On the way up: Leading role for Sonja Gerhardt in an event film. In : quotemeter.de . May 30, 2016, accessed November 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Focus: Film | Movie | Jack the Ripper - A woman is chasing a murderer. In: www.mediabiz.de. Retrieved November 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main GmbH & Co. KG: In the sights of Jack the Ripper . ( Allgemeine-zeitung.de [accessed on November 28, 2016]).
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/teleschau : Jack the Ripper - A woman chases a murderer - Tuesday 29.11 - SAT.1: 8.15 p.m. - New food for the myth -. In: www.teleschau.de. Retrieved November 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: TV film "Jack the Ripper - A woman chases a murderer". In: Tittelbach.tv. Retrieved November 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Timo Nöthling: Women-friendly Ripper: Sat.1 chases the female target group. In : quotemeter.de. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016 .
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: "Jack The Ripper" on Sat.1: Everything used to be knife. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
