''Jack'' is a 2015 Austrian
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
about serial killer
Jack Unterweger
Johann "Jack" Unterweger (16 August 1950 – 29 June 1994) was an Austrian serial killer who committed at least twelve murders in Austria, West Germany, Czechoslovakia and the United States.
Initially convicted in 1976 of a single murde ...
, directed by
Elisabeth Scharang.
It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and N ...
.
Plot
Jack Unterweger, who grew up in a red-light district and who was previously known to the police for petty theft, is arrested for the murder of a woman, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. While incarcerated, he begins to write, which attracts a following of several intellectuals. After about 15 years, he is granted parole, in great part due to the advocacy of his famous supporters. He soon becomes a heartthrob present at events, and a guest in television programs. He writes his first successful novel. He appears to be the model of rehabilitation after prison.
But after several unsolved murders of prostitutes, he attracts the attention of police investigators again. In 1994, Unterweger is charged with the crimes, again, and is sentenced to live without the possibility of parole. He commits suicide on the night of his conviction.
Cast
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Johannes Krisch
Johannes Krisch (born 1966) is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1987.
Selected filmography
References
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1966 births
Living people
Austrian male film actors
Male actors from Vienna as Jack Unterweger
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Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch (; ; born 16 October 1954) is a German actress.
Early life and education
Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and stu ...
as Susanne Sönnmann
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Birgit Minichmayr
Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work in Maren Ade's film Everyone Else she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at 59th Berlin ...
as Marlies Haum
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Sarah Viktoria Frick as Charlotte
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Paulus Manker
Paulus Manker (born 25 January 1958) is an Austrian film director and actor, as well as an author and screenplay writer.
Manker is considered one of the most maverick German-speaking actors, and polarizes public opinion like scarcely no other. H ...
as psychologist Ziehofer
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Valerie Pachner
Valerie Pachner (born 26 June 1987) is an Austrian actress.
Life and work
Valerie Pachner grew up in Bad Schallerbach, Austria, and studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 2009 to 2013. She was then part of the ensemble cast ...
as Marlene
References
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2015 films
2015 thriller films
Austrian thriller films
2010s German-language films