Godforsaken

Godforsaken (2003)

Van God Los

Als der ruhige Stan per Zufall den skrupellosen Dealer Maikel kennenlernt, ändert sich alles in seinem Leben. Bei einem Einbruch töten die beiden scheinbar mühelos einen Menschen und schrecken danach auch vor weiteren Auftragsmorden nicht zurück. In kürzester Zeit überziehen sie ihre Umgebung mit Mord und Totschlag, bis sie an ein falsches Opfer geraten…

Erscheinungsdatum
2003-04-24
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (42)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 23 Min.
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Krimi
Regie
Pieter Kuijpers

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Godforsaken is a 2003 Dutch drama film directed by Pieter Kuijpers from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Jan Nelissen. It stars Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf, and Egbert Jan Weeber.

Background

The movie is based on the real life of the “Gang from Venlo”, that left a trail of death and destruction in the North-Middle Limburg area from 1993 till 1994. The most notorious incident is known as the “Carnival Murders”. During the 'farmer's wedding', an event at the carnival of 1994, the old couple Sjeng and Ferda van Rijn were murdered in a robbery.

In the movie names were changed out of respect for the people involved. There are also differences in the run-up to the incidents in the film. The incidents themselves however occurred in real life.

Many of the members of the Gang from Venlo are still unknown. It is also unclear who committed which crime. In 1997 18 men were convicted and received varied sentences from 10 years to life in prison. Seven murders, committed in cold blood, could be proven in court. The exact number of murders committed by the Gang from Venlo is uncertain. It is certain that three bodies that were found belonged to victims of the Gang from Venlo.

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