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Burke & Hare é um filme britânico de comédia de 2010, vagamente baseado nos assassinatos de Burke e Hare. Dirigido por John Landis a partir de um roteiro original de Nick Moorcroft e Piers Ashworth, o filme é estrelado por Simon Pegg e Andy Serkis como William Burke e William Hare, respectivamente.
The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.
24 de jul. de 2020 · Burke e Hare. Antes de se tornarem assassinos, os dois levavam vidas aparentemente normais. Burke, nascido na Irlanda, se separou de sua primeira esposa depois de uma briga com seu sogro e se mudou para a Escócia. Lá, encontrou sua segunda mulher, Helen McDougal, e William passou a trabalhar com couro, se tornando reconhecido no meio.
9 de set. de 2011 · Burke and Hare: Directed by John Landis. With Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry. A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
- (21K)
- Comedy, Crime, History
- John Landis
- 2011-09-09
WILLIAM BURKE (Simon Pegg) and WILLIAM HARE (Andy Serkis) are scratching out a living in 1820s Edinburgh. After yet another failed business venture, they return to Hare's lodging...
13 de out. de 2011 · From John Landis, the director of ANIMAL HOUSE and THE BLUES BROTHERS, BURKE & HARE is adark comedy/thriller staring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry and Isla Fisher as the...
- 2 min
- 25,4K
- IFC Films
The murders committed by Burke and Hare in Edinburgh inspired others to murder for profit. The most notable case was committed by a gang of men who became known as the London Burkers.
