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May 11, 2022 · Elisabeth Rohm directs a film loosely based on the horrifying tale of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was imprisoned by her father for 24 years in a secret basement. She shares her insights on the production, the cast, and the true story behind the movie.
- Gino Orlandini
- The Imprisonment of Elisabeth Fritzl, The “Girl in The Basement”
- Josef Fritzl Impregnates His Own Daughter
- How Elisabeth Fritzl’s Imprisonment Went Unnoticed For Years
- Josef Fritzl’s Horrifying Crimes Come to Light and Elisabeth Gains Her Freedom
- The Aftermath of The Fritzl Case and The Fate of Elisabeth Fritzl Today
On August 28, 1984, Josef Fritzlasked his daughter to come into the basement of the family’s home. He was re-fitting a door to the newly renovated cellar and needed help carrying it. As Elisabeth held the door, Josef fixed it into place. As soon as it was on the hinges, he swung it open, forcing Elisabeth inside and knocking her unconscious with an...
At minimum, Elisabeth Fritzl would be visited by her father in the basement three times a week. Usually, it was every day. For the first two years, he left her alone, keeping her captive. Then, he began to rape her, continuing the nightly visits he had begun when she was just 11 years old. Two years into her captivity, Elisabeth became pregnant, th...
In order to conceal what he was doing from Rosemarie, Josef Fritzl staged elaborate discoveries of the children, often involving placing them on bushes near the home or on the doorstep. Each time, the child would be swaddled neatly and accompanied with a note allegedly written by Elisabeth Fritzl, claiming that she couldn’t take care of the baby an...
Whether Josef Fritzl finally felt the pressure or had a change of heart regarding his daughter’s captivity, the world may never know, but on April 26, 2008, he released Elisabeth from the cellar for the first time in 24 years. She immediately went to the hospital to see her daughter where hospital staff alerted police to her suspicious arrival. Tha...
After the arrest, the children in the cellar were also released and Rosemarie Fritzl fled the home. She had allegedly known nothing about the events taking place right under her feet and Josef backed up her story. The tenants who had lived in the apartment on the first floor of the Fritzl home also never knew what was happening right beneath them, ...
Dec 23, 2023 · The 2021 Lifetime movie Girl in the Basement tells the horrifying but true 1984 story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was imprisoned by her father Josef, in Amstetten, Austria. For 24 years, Elisabeth ...
- Sarah Kepins
Mar 2, 2021 · Girl in the Basement is based on the true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, a young Austrian woman who was imprisoned by her father, Josef Fritzl, from 1984 to 2008. According to Oxygen, on August 28 ...
- Claire Spellberg
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Jan 25, 2024 · On August 28, 1984, Josef Fritzl called his then 18-year-old daughter Elisabeth into the basement of the family’s home in Austria. He was re-fitting a door to the newly renovated cellar and needed help carrying it. But he tricked her, and knocked her unconscious with an ether-soaked towel before trapping her.
Feb 21, 2024 · Girl In The Basement is a Lifetime movie inspired by the true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was held captive and tortured by her father for 24 years. The movie changes some details of the case, such as the names, setting, and outcome, but still depicts the horrific ordeal of the real-life victim.
The 2009 true crime book Secrets in the Cellar by John Glatt details the case. Room author Emma Donoghue was inspired by the crimes, and her novel inspired a film adaptation with the same name. In 2021, Lifetime released a film inspired by the Fritzl case titled Girl in the Basement which is part of Lifetime's "Ripped from the Headlines ...
