The criticism of victim families of the film project by director Uwe Boll about the racially motivated attack in Hanau a year ago continues. Relatives reported in the „mirror“ to speak. Armin Hamza Kurtovic, father of the murdered Hamza Kurtovic, said: „I will do everything I can to prevent Boll’s fantasy about right-wing perpetrators from being burned into German viewers as the true fate of my son.“
Cetin Gültekin, the brother of the murdered Gökhan Gültekin, added: “In my eyes, with this vilification he kills my brother a second time.” The mother of Sedat Gürbüz said: “He did not ask us. He’s not allowed to. It was never here. “
Hanau’s Lord Mayor Claus Kaminsky (SPD) expressed his solidarity with the relatives: “Nobody in Hanau wants this unspeakable film. Not the relatives, not the political committees, not the urban society ”, quoted him the“ Spiegel ”. „Together we will pull out all the stops to prevent it from being broadcast.“
Nine people shot for racist motives
On February 19, 2020, a 43-year-old German shot and killed nine people for racist motives in the city in the Rhine-Main area, before presumably killing his mother and ultimately himself. The act had caused horror throughout Germany.
According to the report, the film has already been shot and is in post-production. In it, Boll describes the night of the crime from the perspective of the perpetrator. „The relatives and I, we are both working on clarification and troubleshooting,“ the „Spiegel“ quoted him.
He would have carried out the project if the victims‘ families had had the opportunity to veto. “The relatives who want to see this film will greet it at the end, however painful it is. I’m sure.“
In mid-March, the city of Hanau and the victims‘ families demanded in an open letter that the preparations be stopped and that the shooting for the realization of this film be stopped.
