In “Death Angel”, Jakob Ziemnicki's film adaptation of the novel “Walküre” by Craig Russel, Peter Lohmeyer alias Jan Fabel does everything possible to eradicate his most bitter flesh as an investigator: the Hamburg chief commissioner once again chases one of the press as the “angel of St. Pauli "described the serial killer who" punished "sex offenders ten years ago, remained undetected and is now apparently active again. However, the chief investigator, along with his crime logs played by Ina Paule Klink and Proschat Madani, comes across puzzling deviations from the previous victim scheme.
Acting
Peter Lohmeyer's weary, haunted Fabel anchors everything.
Direction
Ziemnicki makes Hamburg feel genuinely menacing.
Writing
Adapts Craig Russell's novel with nasty elegance.
Director
Jakob Ziemnicki
Stephanie Japp
Sylvie Achtenhagen
Peter Lohmeyer
Jan Fabel
Anne Ratte-Polle
Margarethe Paulus
Julia Richter
Anke Wollner
Ina Paule Klink
Anna Wolf
Proschat Madani
Susanne Eckhardt
Joachim Nimtz
George Drescher
Manfred Zapatka
Ulrich Adebach
Hans Löw
Simon Blohm
Stephan Bissmeier
Van Heiden
Anna-Lena Schwing
Anke
Ella Morgen
Margarethe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the fourth Jan Fabel TV movie, though you don't need the others—Ziemnicki designed it as a standalone entry point.
The 'Angel of St. Pauli' nickname weaponizes Hamburg's most infamous red-light district, playing on real German media's habit of romanticizing serial killers.
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