"Cannibal of Rotenburg" must go to the cinema.

If in doubt, for the freedom of art - and against the feelings of the cannibals. Thus the ruling of the Federal Court on the controversial film adaptation of the story of the "Cannibal of Rotenburg" together - the U.S. film "Rohtenburg" may thus run in Germany.

 

Hamburg / Karlsruhe - Everything has been obvious, as German moviegoers would come soon in the dubious pleasure of a very realistic horror film. Because of the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) ruled on Tuesday in Karlsruhe that the spectacular criminal case to the "Cannibal of Rotenburg"-like feature here now but may be - and lifted so that a ruling of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Frankfurt am Main on.

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Meiwes applicants: Must be compatible with his personality right behind

This failed as the "cannibal of Rotenburg" had become aware of Armin Meiwes and his lawsuit against the U.S. film "Rohtenburg". At the end of a year-long dispute is thus a victory for the production company, U.S. firm Atlantic Streamline German Marco Weber.

The BGH argued that the Basic Law guarantees freedom of art and freedom over the film rights of personality of the murderer is Meiwes. Although the film could be the plaintiff as a person a considerable burden, because he is indeed on the way again strong emotional appeal in memory. After weighing between its rights and the arts and film personality, the freedom must be right, but behind.

In Rohtenburg "whose movie to life imprisonment sentenced Meiwes in 2006 with a temporary injunction had prevented plays an actor Thomas Kretschmann cannibals.

Template for the film is one of the most spectacular criminal cases of recent times: On 10 March, the then 41-year-old Meiwes from Hesse Rotenburg a 43-year-old Berlin engineer on whose request entmannt and stabbed. Later he cut the corpse, and portions they ate the meat, and his deeds, he filmed with a video camera. Meiwes was because of his deed in May 2006 before the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main to life in prison.

In October 2008 was already a Meiwes Verfassungsbeschwerde in Karlsruhe failed: he had against his conviction for murder sued because life imprisonment is not "schuldangemessen" was. The Karlsruhe judges saw differently.

Meiwes may be "the earliest after 15 years" from prison to be. A specific gravity of the debt, the release from prison after 15 years of rule, was - contrary to the public prosecutor demanded - but not been identified.