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A Strong Dose of ‘Effigy — Poison And The City’ is Well Worth it
Effigy — Poison And The City
Rating: 7/10
Director: Udo Flohr
Writers: Peer Meter, Udo Flohr, Antonia Roelle
Style: Historical Crime Drama
Rated: PG-13
Time: 1 hour and 24 minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sIi_eniA6c
Review by Mike Szymanski
Female serial killers aren’t common in historical reality or in fiction. So, a film about one of the earliest known real-life murderess is unique and fascinating.
Director Udo Floor put together this fast-paced investigation of the true story of Gesche Gottfried from Bremen, Germany who was convicted of poisoning 15 people, including two of her husbands, three children, her parents and many friends and their children.
The simple explanation for these atrocities never gets properly revealed, but suffice it to know that Miss Gottfried was a bit insane, and lacked any sort of remorse.
