ARMIN MEIWES VIDEO SERIES
These desires were sexualized in nature, and contingent upon the victim's complete agreement to participate.Īs the film delves deeper into the narrative of his life, viewers are clued in to a series of revelations which are by turns surprising and horrific. They speak of his childhood, which was marked by the devastations of abandonment, a domineering mother, an isolated "outsider" status amongst his peers, a twisted sexual development, and a growing fascination with the notion of killing and eating a boy. The filmmakers catch up with Meiwes in prison where he is currently serving a life sentence. He sliced, stored and froze portions of Brandes' body, and commenced to feeding upon him for a period of months. Meiwes captured every step of the gruesome act on videotape in its entirety.
After a short time, an engineer by the name of Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes agreed. The cannibal-in-waiting posted an advertisement on a website calling for an adult male who would volunteer for slaughter and consumption. The case against Meiwes was complicated by the victim's complete willingness to serve as the subject of his savagery. Calling upon extensive archived video footage and a rare on-camera interview with Meiwes himself, the provocative documentary Interview with a Cannibal explores one of the most bizarre and sensational crimes in recent recorded history. To the world at large, however, his infamous crimes have earned him a more devilish moniker: The Cannibal of Rotenburg. His name is Armin Meiwes, a seemingly mild-mannered computer technician from Germany.