Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international headline-grabbing story of the now infamous American exchange student accused by Italian authorities of brutally killing her roommate. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy poses the question of whether Knox (Panettiere), the Seattle honors student accused of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens) in 2007 with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Paolo Romio) and acquaintance Rudy Guede (Djirbi Kebe), actually committed the crime or was herself a victim.

Cast

Hayden Panettiere

as Amanda Knox

Vincent Riotta

as Guiliano Mignini

Paolo Romio

as Raffaele Sollecito

Marcia Gay Harden

as Edda Mellas

Amanda Fernando Stevens

as Meredith Kercher

Heather Cave

as Deanna Knox

Djibril Kébé

as Rudy Guede

Timothy Martin

as Patrick Lumbana

Clive Walton

as Curt Knox

Mimosa Campironi

as Filomena Romanelli

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