Effigy - Poison and the City (2019) | Trailer

1828 in the Hanseatic port city of Bremen: Senator Droste would like his town to be first in Germany to adopt a railroad line, but temporarily has to serve as president of the Criminal Court. Called upon to investigate a case of rat poison found on food, he believes in routine coincidence. But as a beautiful and mysterious woman asks for his help and protection, Droste and new assistant Cato discover an abundance of fatalities in the Pelzerstrasse neighborhood. The true story of Gesche Gottfried, one of the first female serial killers ever identified, who was found guilty of murdering 15 people with rat poison between 1813 and 1827. Coming Fall 2019 | Directed by Udo Flohr Trailer by Jean-Pierre Meyer-Gehrke / Von Anfang Anders Filmproduktion