My Daughter's Killer

Netflix

Nominated – Non-fiction Crime & Investigation – Realscreen Awards
‘An extraordinary Liam Neeson-level story of a father’s indefatigable fight for justice.‘ THE INDEPENDENT
‘…sometimes fact is far wilder than anything fiction could have come up with.’ THE i PAPER

My Daughter’s Killer is the extraordinary story of André Bamberski’s 29-year pursuit of justice for his 14-year-old daughter, Kalinka who died at the hand of Dieter Krombach, her stepfather, a revered German medical doctor.

André Bamberski spent 29 years in pursuit of justice for his 14-year-old daughter, Kalinka who died at the hand of Dieter Krombach, her stepfather, a revered German medical doctor. The film culminates in the brutal kidnapping of Krombach and a trial that shocked the world. My Daughter’s Killer explores the limits of justice, abuse of power in the medical profession and the widespread indifference to crimes committed against women.

In depth interviews take us on Bamberski’s journey, as he reveals the lengths he went to to try and bring Krombach to justice, whether it was flyering Krombach’s hometown or alerting the authorities, everything in Germany failed. And although a trial in France found Krombach guilty, the German authorities refused to extradite him. Over the years other women accuse Krombach of assaults and rape, but he faces no charges for Kalinka’s death and in a chilling TV interview, he reveals his complete lack of remorse towards his accusers.

 

 

 

Finally in desperation in 2009, Bamberski takes matters into his own hands. This 70-year-old accountant decides he needs to get Krombach to France where there is a warrant for his arrest.. On 17th October 2009, Krombach is found outside Mulhouse courthouse, bound and gagged. Two years later, in October 2011, he is finally convicted for the death of Kalinka. But it has taken a father 29 years, a brutal abduction and even his own conviction for the kidnapping to get there. Speaking in the film, Bamberski reflects on the toll of his pursuit and how he did it all for his beloved daughter Kalinka.

 

Credits

Director Antoine Tassin
Producer Ed McGown Raissa Botterman
Executive Producers James Rogan, Nancy Bornat, Soleta Rogan

Broadcast Details

This programme will be streaming exclusively on Netflix from Tuesday 12th July 2022

Andre Bamberski and files
Andre Bamberski
Anton Krasniqi
Elizabeth Aragon
Aerial view of Lindau, Germany
Patricia Jolly
Petra Stephan
Vials – reconstruction
Waiting Room – reconstruction
Waltraud Meyer

Articles about the film

Who killed Kalinka Bamberski? How Netflix’s My Daughter’s Killer explores the hunt for Dieter Krombachby Nick Duerden

If the accusation often levelled at television crime dramas is that they stretch credulity, then a new Netflix documentary, My Daughter’s Killer, rather suggests that sometimes fact is far wilder than anything fiction could have come up with.read more

My Daughter’s Killer: Who killed Kalinka Bamberski and how was he caught?by Reanna Smith

After his daughter’s death in 1982, André Bamberski fought for justice for nearly three decades. Netflix’s latest documentary My Daughter’s Killer explores how her murderer was caught.read more

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