Jack the Ripper (2016)

London, 1888. A young woman plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with England's most famous serial killer.

Director:

Sebastian Niemann

Writer:

Holger Karsten Schmidt

Stars:

Sonja Gerhardt, Falk Hentschel, Nicholas Farrell

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sonja Gerhardt	...	Anna Kosminski
Falk Hentschel	...	Frederick Abberline
Nicholas Farrell	...	Samuel Harris
Sabin Tambrea	...	David Cohen
Peter Gilbert Cotton	...	Ronald Briggs
Vladimir Burlakov	...	Jakob
Funda Vanroy	...	Mary Jane Kelly
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tauras Cizas	...	Doctor
Aiste Dirziute	...	Linda
Dovile Kundrotaite	...	Rachel
Kristina Svilpauskaite	...	Tasha Kelly

Storyline

A serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later came to be known as the 'Whitechapel murders' stretching from 3 April 1888 to 13 February 1891 included in the London Metropolitan Police Service Investigation.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | jack the ripper character | three word title | psychotronic film | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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User Reviews

Suspenseful and fairly enjoyable detective movie.

This is a nice little film. What I noticed about it that it doesn't look cheap and the production actually looks quite lavish which helps to give that right authentic look of Victorian era. I don't watch the foreign films usually with the subtitles on, (I prefer them dubbed instead), but I gave this one a chance and it kept me glued on after the first 10 minutes into it. I have to commend on Sonja Gerhardt's performance here, because she was great. She carried the whole movie well. I think the rest of the cast does also an exceptional job. This is a pretty straightforward storytelling with the so-traditional unmasking the killer at the end. Which I'm actually pretty happy about it, because lately I'm sick and tried of those films when they leave you hanging with the unanswered questions or ambiguous endings. Also, I think this movie tries something new, it tries to differentiate itself from other Jack The Ripper stories by centering the story on the main lady character and turning her into detective-lady herself instead of having some detective-man doing the investigations on murders.

No movie is perfect, but this one is good. The movie is moderately violent, but doesn't go too crazy on gore. So overall, it's a decent Jack The Ripper film among many the others which deserves a look.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

29 November 2016 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Jack l'éventreur: une femme à ses trousses

Filming Locations:

Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pantaleon Films, Fireworks Entertainment, Red Arrow Studios International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1