Ban lifted on German cannibal movie

A ban on a controversial film based on the life of cannibal Armin Meiwes has been lifted in Germany, reports the BBC.

Meiwes, 47, was convicted of murder and given a life sentence in 2006 after admitting to killing and partially eating a volunteer he found on the internet.

Rohtenburg, or Grimm Love as it is known internationally, stars Keri Russell as a student who chooses a notorious maneater as the subject of her dissertation.

Screenings of the picture were banned in 2006 after Meiwes sued director Martin Weisz, alleging that it would violate his personal rights.

However, a German court has now ruled that the public interest in seeing the film, the producers' right to artistic freedom and Meiwes's previous willingness to talk about the crime outweigh any infringement of his individual rights.

It added that the storyline did not misrepresent the facts of the case, which were already publicly available and well known.