O Assassino da Minha Filha

A short documentary about a rather intense true crime story, which meant a lot of story points were skimmed over, but still the main purpose got across. The story was well presented in a doc standpoint, relevant interviews and use of re-enactments and archival footage.

This documentary presents the brutal truth about "Western culture." In particular, within 80 minutes, we watch a father's fight for justice against the system in Germany, which often protects abnormal practices (search for the "Kentler Experiment"). I don't really care about the production quality of this documentary, because the value of this father's story is already immense.

I paused "My Daughter's Killer" only once--it is that riveting.

I watched it in its original language and was particularly moved by the (ultimately) international grassroots cooperation responsible for bringing to justice a monster.

Anyone who would judge Mr. Bamberski--such as incredibly offensive review on this site--as being "forever in grief" clearly hasn't suffered the life-altering murder of a loved one. Shame on that reviewer.

Mr. Bamberski himself gives a very ambiguous benediction to his own actions. A few of us will understand exactly what his closing line means. For those few, his confirmation of the road's loneliness to justice is intensely felt.

This is a magnificent documentary.

This is a really good story and I thought it was engaging. Certainly gives the viewer a lot to think about regarding parenting and the lengths parents go to for their children. But...the English voiceover does make this documentary difficult to watch. The native audio and the voiceover do seem to be at the same volume and this makes it sound like people are talking over each other. I was so engaged with the film though that I switched to just English subtitles, that was better but found the subtitles weren't on the screen long enough. So then I muted the film and just read the English subtitles. I was personally satisfied with the outcome.

I love watching true crime stories and this one is quite excellent. It's in a couple other languages but I just read the English captions. The story is about a fathers love and dogged determination to get Justice for his daughter. He went to extreme lengths even when everyone thought he was crazy. I highly recommend this one to anyone that loves true crime documentaries.