Killing for Love

Name: Killing for Love
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: December 15, 2017
Duration: 130 min
Cast: Carlos Santos, Chuck Reid, Daniel Brühl, Dave Watson, Ed Sulzbach

2017

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Farbfilm-Verleih | Release Date: December 15, 2017 | NR

Starring: Carlos Santos, Chuck Reid, Daniel Brühl, Dave Watson, Ed Sulzbach, Elizabeth Haysom, Gail Ball, Gail Marshall, Imogen Poots, Jens Söring, Jim Updike, John Peniche, Paul Freifeld, Ricky Gardner, Steven Rosenfield, Suzanne Peniche, Tom Elliott

Summary: March 30, 1985: Derek and Nancy Haysom are discovered brutally murdered at their home in Lynchburg, Virginia. The subsequent arrest and conviction of the couple’s daughter Elizabeth, a wealthy scholarship student at the University of Virginia, and her boyfriend Jens Soering, the brilliant son of a German diplomat, set off a media frenzy,March 30, 1985: Derek and Nancy Haysom are discovered brutally murdered at their home in Lynchburg, Virginia. The subsequent arrest and conviction of the couple’s daughter Elizabeth, a wealthy scholarship student at the University of Virginia, and her boyfriend Jens Soering, the brilliant son of a German diplomat, set off a media frenzy, becoming the first trial of its kind to be nationally televised. But what if the justice system got it all wrong? This gripping true crime tale untangles the web of romantic obsession and betrayal that may have led an innocent man to make the ultimate sacrifice for love: take the fall for a murder he didn’t commit. … Expand

Director: Karin Steinberger and Marcus Vetter

Genre(s): Crime, Documentary

Rating: NR

Runtime: 130 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 14, 2017

Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger’s sprawling documentary probably dives into the weeds too quickly and could have used a tighter edit. Still, drawing on a wealth of courtroom video, the film lays out a persuasive argument for reasonable doubt. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Dec 14, 2017

The film is frustratingly disjointed and hard to follow at times as it inundates viewers with a torrent of information. Nonetheless, it proves compulsively fascinating. Read full review

Robert Abele

Dec 14, 2017

Though overlong, and pitched a little too heavily toward cable-TV sensationalism...Killing for Love is still a gripping murder mystery about the fated coupling of a pair of calculating romantics too smart for their own good, and the limits of the American justice system Read full review

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TVJerry

Jan 7, 2018

This is a compelling story about a double murder and the teen couple that was implicated, but it's rendered clinical and dry in this documentary. In 1985, Jens Soering was convicted of brutally murdering the parents of his girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom in Bedford County, VA. Luckily, theThis is a compelling story about a double murder and the teen couple that was implicated, but it's rendered clinical and dry in this documentary. In 1985, Jens Soering was convicted of brutally murdering the parents of his girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom in Bedford County, VA. Luckily, the filmmakers had plenty of footage from the trials, so there's a lot of time spent in court. In addition, there are interviews with people involved in the case, mostly legal and law enforcement types. The potential for a fascinating account is there, but the lackluster pacing, uninventive direction/editing and absence of any emotional impact make it a ponderous and sometimes confusing legal exercise. Only the last 30 minutes (of a 2-hour-plus movie) develops any outrage in the apparent injustice against Soering and its indictment of Virginia's legal system.… Expand

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