SummaryMarch 30, 1985: Derek and Nancy Haysom are discovered brutally murdered at their home in Lynchburg, Virginia. The subsequent arrest and conviction of the couple’s daughter Elizabeth, a wealthy scholarship student at the University of Virginia, and her boyfriend Jens Soering, the brilliant son of a German diplomat, set off a media frenzy, becoming... Read More
Directed By:Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
Written By:Karin Steinberger, Marcus Vetter
Killing for Love
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Dec 14, 2017
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Though overlong, and pitched a little too heavily toward cable-TV sensationalism...Killing for Love is still a gripping murder mystery about the fated coupling of a pair of calculating romantics too smart for their own good, and the limits of the American justice system
Dec 14, 2017
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The film is frustratingly disjointed and hard to follow at times as it inundates viewers with a torrent of information. Nonetheless, it proves compulsively fascinating.
Dec 14, 2017
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Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger’s sprawling documentary probably dives into the weeds too quickly and could have used a tighter edit. Still, drawing on a wealth of courtroom video, the film lays out a persuasive argument for reasonable doubt.
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Production Company:
- Filmperspektive GmbH
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
- ARTE
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- Danmarks Radio (DR)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Sveriges Television (SVT)
- Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
Release Date:Dec 15, 2017
Duration:2 h 10 m
Awards
Accolade Competition
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nuremberg Film Festival "Turkey-Germany"
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Vukovar Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
