movie poster for PIERREPOINT

Flicks ID

13730

Cert

15

Running time

120 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

PIERREPOINT (2005)

ADRIAN SHERGOLD

Plot

The tale of Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's last official executioner, a man who personally dispatched 608 men and women, including various Nazi war criminals, Timothy Evans and Ruth Ellis. Timothy Spall superbly pulls off how this rather ordinary, but distinctly odd, bloke coped emotionally and professionally with his job. An awesome period piece and a superb look into a very strange occupation. A must for anyone who liked Vera Drake.