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The Golden Glove

Original title: Der goldene Handschuh
  • 20192019
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Jonas Dassler in The Golden Glove (2019)
Notorious serial killer Fritz Honka haunts Hamburg's red light district in the 1970s.
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A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
14K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,794
115
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    • Director
      • Fatih Akin
    • Writers
      • Fatih Akin(screenplay)
      • Heinz Strunk(novel)
    • Stars
      • Jonas Dassler
      • Margarete Tiesel
      • Marc Hosemann
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Fatih Akin
    • Writers
      • Fatih Akin(screenplay)
      • Heinz Strunk(novel)
    • Stars
      • Jonas Dassler
      • Margarete Tiesel
      • Marc Hosemann
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 76User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 38Metascore
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations

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    Jonas Dassler
    Jonas Dassler
    • Fritz Honka
    Margarete Tiesel
    Margarete Tiesel
    • Gerda Voss
    Marc Hosemann
    Marc Hosemann
    • Siggi Honka
    Katja Studt
    Katja Studt
    • Helga Denningsen
    Adam Bousdoukos
    Adam Bousdoukos
    • Lefteris
    Martina Eitner-Acheampong
    Martina Eitner-Acheampong
    • Frida
    Hark Bohm
    Hark Bohm
    • Dornkaat-Max
    Tristan Göbel
    • Willi
    Greta Sophie Schmidt
    • Petra Schulz
    Victoria Trauttmansdorff
    • Gisela
    Masoud Tosifyan
    Heinz Strunk
    • Kriegsveteran
    Laurens Walter
    Laurens Walter
    • Polizist
    Jessica Kosmalla
    • Ruth
    Uwe Rohde
    • Herbert Nürnberg
    Philipp Baltus
    Philipp Baltus
    • Zuhälter
    Tilla Kratochwil
    • Inge
    • (as Tilla Krachtovil)
    Jürgen Uter
    • Hausmeister Wolter
    • Director
      • Fatih Akin
    • Writers
      • Fatih Akin(screenplay)
      • Heinz Strunk(novel)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      There was a scene shot of Fritz Honka's childhood when he was raped. But in the editing, Fatih Akin found them disturbing because it was a stupid explanation. Saying that "just because you are raped as a kid it doesn't give you the permission to be a serial killer. Lots of people have been raped as kids and not turned into serial killers and it would be a slap in the face to them".
    • Quotes

      Hertha: Pride goes before a fall. I'm telIing you. Be friendly on your way up. Because on your way down, you're gonna meet them aIl again. And they all come down sometime. Or something like that.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Horrible Reviews: THE GOLDEN GLOVE (2019) A truly ugly, filthy piece of German cinema (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Es geht eine Träne auf Reisen
      Written by Salvatore Adamo

      Performed by Salvatore Adamo

    User reviews76

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    8/10
    Brutal
    Not for the fainthearted. Not even for the worldly cynical. This is not enjoyable in the conventional entertainment sense: it is brutal, repulsive, despairing, terrible and powerful. It depicts the marginal lower depths of human filth, driven by its single appetite and relentless, amoral need to satisfy it.

    Technically the film is a marvel, the production design and the atmosphere created means the scenes have the stench of depravity and human waste, especially in Honka's attic. Similarly, the photography and editing are compelling, and that all says that the director has done the job.

    The actors are excellent, the make-up artists too, who made them into degenerate hopeless alcoholics, but the lead, Dassler as Honka, has to be noted because he has incarnated this role to an awful degree. Without that performance the film might falter, be more like a movie, not as document of murder.

    If Fritz Lang could see this film, he'd be proud, because it has the same ruthless eye that he had in his German films. It takes the audience into the middle of a horror and never lets go.
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    • Oct 27, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 21, 2019 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • France
    • Official sites
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      • Official site
    • Languages
      • German
      • Greek
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Золота рукавичка
    • Filming locations
      • Hamburg, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Bombero International
      • Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany
      • Pathé
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,160
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,300
      • Sep 29, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $604,479
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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