On a winter night, a young girl dies, brutally mutilated and frozen to death. Jack is convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Behind bars, he channels his criminal past into literature. His typewriter becomes his path to freedom.
After 15 years, Jack is released from prison and rises to become a heartthrob and a fixture of Vienna’s high society. Passed around like a trophy, he also enjoys the success of his first novel. But can he secure a place at the very top of society? Because that is exactly where he wants to be: at the top.
The mood begins to shift when a series of unsolved murders of prostitutes dominates the newspaper headlines. The police and the media focus their attention on one man: Jack.
A fast-paced and compelling psychological portrait inspired by a true story.
A film by Elisabeth Scharang.
Starring Johannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Minichmayr, Sarah Viktoria Frick, and Paulus Manker.
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Credits
Jack Unterweger: Johannes Krisch
Susanne: Corinna Hafouch
Marlies: Birgit Minichmayr
Charlotte: Sarah Viktoria Frick
Psychologe: Paulus Manker
Feature film
90 Min.
Written and directed by: Elisabeth Scharang
Producer: Dieter Pochlatko
Junior Producer: Jakob Pochlatko
Production Manager: Karin Schmatz
Director of Photography: Jörg Widmer
Sound: William Edouard Franck
Music: Naked Lunch
Edited by: Alarich Lenz
Production Design: Isidor Wimmer
Costume Design: Alexandra Trummer
Make Up: Monika Fischer-Vorauer
Casting: Lisa Oláh
among others
produced in: 2014/2015
realeased on: 11. September 2015
with the financial support of Österreichisches Filminstitut, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Filmfonds Wien, StandortAgentur Salzburg, Cine Art, Filmstandort Austria
Awards & Prizes: Österreichischer Filmpreis 2016, Locarno 2015 Piazza Grande, Toronto International Film Festival 2015, Thomas Pluch Drehbuchpreis
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