German Court Lifts Ban On Film

A film starring Keri Russell may be shown in Germany after a court ruled that screening it would not infringe the rights of convicted killer Armin Meiwes, whose actions inspired the movie. Another court banned Grimm Love (German title Rohtenberg), released in 2006, because it agreed with Mr. Meiwes’ argument that the film’s storyline, that of a murderer who eats his victim, would cause Mr. Meiwes emotional harm. Mr. Meiwes was convicted of killing and eating another man in 2006. But the second court held that the case was widely publicized, that Mr. Meiwes had attempted to make money out of it himself, and that those involved in the making of Grimm Love had artistic rights of their own that on balance outweighed Mr. Meiwes’ rights.