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The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

In 1920s Milwaukee, sultry and seductive Dolly feels trapped in her marriage to wealthy but boorish Fred. She obtains a young "love slave" named Otto and hides him away in her attic for years. But when Otto shoots Fred dead, Dolly...

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Melora Walters

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drama, romance, thriller

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Swirl Films

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The way I saw it, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

The way I saw it,

♪ A wise one said - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

♪ A wise one said

♪ Protect your heart - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

♪ Protect your heart

♪ So cold - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

♪ I should have known - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

♪ I should have known

♪ I was blinded by your - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

♪ I was blinded by your

I want you to know that
I would have married you, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

I want you to know that I would have married you,

- You must think I'm a complete
fool to fall for that again. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- You must think I'm a complete fool to fall for that a...

He'll paint you as the puppet
master pulling the strings. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

He'll paint you as the puppet master pulling the string...

- Perhaps being locked away
will be less difficult for him - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- Perhaps being locked away will be less difficult for him

Then you'd wind up in an alley - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

Then you'd wind up in an alley

- Otto Sanhuber has confessed
to murdering Fred Oesterreich. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- Otto Sanhuber has confessed to murdering Fred Oesterreich.

There is not of shred of
physical evidence tying - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

There is not of shred of physical evidence tying

Yes, she cheated on
her abusive husband. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

Yes, she cheated on her abusive husband.

And yes, she took
in a troubled orphan - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

And yes, she took in a troubled orphan

But you do not convict
a woman of murder - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

But you do not convict a woman of murder

And orphan who had never known
a day of love in his life. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

And orphan who had never known a day of love in his life.

She - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

She took the best
years of his life - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

She took the best years of his life

- You could have seen Otto at
his tiny apartment or hotels, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- You could have seen Otto at his tiny apartment or hotels,

I thought having Otto
there would keep me safe. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

I thought having Otto there would keep me safe.

He asked me to divorce
my husband and marry him. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

He asked me to divorce my husband and marry him.

- Now, now, take it easy.
- Sit down, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- Now, now, take it easy. - Sit down,

- You provoked your husband
to yell and threaten you - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- You provoked your husband to yell and threaten you

- Did you give your husband's
Luger to Mr. Sanhuber? - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- Did you give your husband's Luger to Mr. Sanhuber?

You wanted to stir up
his fear for your safety - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

You wanted to stir up his fear for your safety

You kept him locked
up in the house - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

You kept him locked up in the house

Maybe it was all
those crime stories - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

Maybe it was all those crime stories

I can't possibly know what
would have made him murder Fred. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

I can't possibly know what would have made him murder F...

You wanted to move
to Los Angeles - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

You wanted to move to Los Angeles

- I moved to California to get
away from the awful memory. - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- I moved to California to get away from the awful memory.

- Isn't it true, Mr. Sanhuber,
that you wanted to marry - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- Isn't it true, Mr. Sanhuber, that you wanted to marry

- The truth is you
murdered Fred Oesterreich - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- The truth is you murdered Fred Oesterreich

Gentlemen, my client gave this
young man free room and board - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

Gentlemen, my client gave this young man free room and board

This is a writer of lurid tales, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

This is a writer of lurid tales,

- The jury finds the
defendant, Otto Sanhuber, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

- The jury finds the defendant, Otto Sanhuber,

As regards Mrs. Oesterreich, - The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

As regards Mrs. Oesterreich,

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In 1920s Milwaukee, sultry and seductive Dolly feels trapped in her marriage to wealthy but boorish Fred. She obtains a young "love slave" named Otto and hides him away in her attic for years. But when Otto shoots Fred dead, Dolly...

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Director: Melora Walters

Writer: Richard Kletter, Michele Samit

Production: Swirl Films

Genre: drama, romance, thriller

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Sep 2020

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Homepage: https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-lover-in-the-attic-a-true-story