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Germany, 1660 When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play. So begins The Hangmans Daughter--the chillingly detailed, fast-paced historical thriller from German television screenwriter Oliver Ptzsch, a descendant of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian executioner clan. Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of Bavarian hangman Jakob Kuisl, lives with her father outside the village walls and is destined to be married off to another hangmans sonexcept that the town physicians son is hopelessly in love with her. And her fathers wisdom and empathy are as unusual as his despised profession. It is 1659, the Thirty Years War has finally ended, and there hasnt been a witchcraft mania in decades.
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Oliver Potzsch, born in 1970, has worked for years as a scriptwriter for Bavarian television. He himself is a descendant of one of Bavaria's leading dynasties of executioners.He lives in Munich with his family. Photo Dominik Parzinger.
