The Lover in the Attic: A True Story
2018 | 85m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Melora Walters |
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| Writer: | Michele Samit, Richard Kletter |
| Staring: |
| This is the lurid, true story about femme fatale Dolly, her murdered husband, and her lover, Otto -- the man in the attic. In the 1930s, Dolly met and seduced her repairman Otto... but she was already married to successful business man Fred. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 21, 2018 |
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| Director: | Melora Walters |
| Writer: | Michele Samit, Richard Kletter |
| Genres: | Drama, History, TV Movie |
| Keywords | killing, murder, 1920s, murdered, lifetime, kill, cheating wife, lmn, lifetime, lifetimemovie |
| Production Companies | Lifetime, Swirl Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Molly Burnett | Dolly Oesterreich |
| Kevin Fonteyne | Otto Sanhuber |
| David Fierro | Fred Oesterreich |
| David Alexander | Herman Shapiro |
| Alex Ball | Roy Klumb |
| Eddie DuPriest | Judge |
| Whitney Christopher | Mrs. Clarkson |
| Jeff Rose | Herman Cline |
| Tom Thon | Wakeman |
| Dustin Lewis | Zach |
| Hallie Ricardo | Annie |
| Anne-Marie Kennedy | Evelyn |
| David Jay Schneider | Detective |
| Bill Southworth | Handsome Older Man |
| Charles Green | Old Man |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Melora Walters | Director |
| Michele Samit | Writer |
| Richard Kletter | Writer |
| Ozzy Doniz | Music, Original Music Composer |
| John Ferguson | Director of Photography |
| Dante Wyatt | Editor |
| William Hickox | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alex Kerr | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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