This was a great one. Have you ever seen the Spanish film by Berlanga, The Executioner? If not, I think you'd really love it. Pretty sure it's on criterion.
Thank ya! No, I haven't, I'll add it to the list, thank you. There is a movie about Pierrepoint where he's played by Timothy Spall, but it's supposed to be highly fictionalized. I also found a YouTube doc on him that looks AI-made-and-informed, saying in the description he was the hangman at Nuremberg and he wasn't. In fact, he wrote in his memoirs that he was executing a couple of people while the Nuremberg executions were happening and referred to his hangings as "a paltry score" in comparison.
Excellent piece. Really nice to find your ‘Stack.
Thank you for reading and for the kind words, Sam!
This was a great one. Have you ever seen the Spanish film by Berlanga, The Executioner? If not, I think you'd really love it. Pretty sure it's on criterion.
Thank ya! No, I haven't, I'll add it to the list, thank you. There is a movie about Pierrepoint where he's played by Timothy Spall, but it's supposed to be highly fictionalized. I also found a YouTube doc on him that looks AI-made-and-informed, saying in the description he was the hangman at Nuremberg and he wasn't. In fact, he wrote in his memoirs that he was executing a couple of people while the Nuremberg executions were happening and referred to his hangings as "a paltry score" in comparison.