Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- oppressive
- grotesque
- nauseating
- late night horror viewing
- true crime marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film technically accomplished and anchored by Jonas Dassler's performance, but excessively brutal, nauseating, and psychologically hollow.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film emphasizes rank interiors, grotesque makeup, bodily degradation, and realistic brutality in its depiction of Honka's world.
Honka's murders target women in a milieu marked by alcoholism, sexual exploitation, and misogynistic violence.
The adaptation adheres closely to the known case while presenting the killings and their environment without a redemptive investigative framework.
The Golden Glove tavern and the surrounding red-light district form the film's central social and geographic ecosystem.
Films like The Golden Glove, and why
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
shared serial killer subject, grimy urban setting, brutal violence, and psychologically oppressive crime-horror atmosphere
Angst
shared true-crime framing, bleak social environment, graphic brutality, and unsettling study of male violence
The Snowtown Murders
shared historical serial killer narrative, procedural darkness, and emphasis on depravity over conventional suspense
Maniac
shared grotesque crime-horror tone, macabre violence, and sordid depiction of marginalized urban lives
Movie Details
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Release Date
- 2019-02-21
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (674)
Cast
- Jonas Dassler
- Margarethe Tiesel
- Katja Studt
- Martina Eitner-Acheampong
- Tristan Göbel
- Greta Sophie Schmidt
- Marc Hosemann
- Max Hopp
- Hark Bohm
- Uwe Rohde
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Golden Glove about?
- A grotesque true-crime descent into the alcoholism, misogyny, and murderous routine of 1970s Hamburg's red-light underworld.
- What is The Golden Glove like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Golden Glove as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Golden Glove violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Golden Glove as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Golden Glove?
- Critics broadly found the film technically accomplished and anchored by Jonas Dassler's performance, but excessively brutal, nauseating, and psychologically hollow.
- Which films are like The Golden Glove?
- Films with a similar feel include Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Angst, The Snowtown Murders, and Maniac.
- How long is The Golden Glove?
- The Golden Glove runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Golden Glove?
- In United States, The Golden Glove streams on AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.
