The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2009
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Directed by
Julius Ševčík
Dreaded serial killer Peter Kurten voluntarily turns himself over to the authorities. A young lawyer, eager to prove Kurten's mental derangement, agrees to defend a man who terrorized Germany between 1929 and 1931. In studying the case and meeting with the intelligent, cold-blooded manipulator, the young idealist's values become warped.
The story
Dreaded serial killer Peter Kurten voluntarily turns himself over to the authorities. A young lawyer, eager to prove Kurten's mental derangement, agrees to defend a man who terrorized Germany between 1929 and 1931. In studying the case and meeting with the intelligent, cold-blooded manipulator, the young idealist's values become warped.
Cast
Milan KňažkoPeter Kürten
Pavel GajdošAdvocate Wehner
Dagmar Havlová VeškrnováMarie Kürten
Zuzana KajnarováReception Clerk
Miroslav TáborskýKlein
Jan VlasákWenge
Meto JovanovskiJudge
Elena StanishevaEva
Zuzana Valchárová-PoulováMrs. Kleinová
Pavel KikinčukAttorney
Norbert LichýKnacker
Michael HofbauerWarder
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