Ellen Page plays Gertrude Baniszewski’s sex victim, Sylvia Likens

On May 10, 2008, the premiere of “An American Crime” was aired on the Showtime network. This movie told the real life story of Indiana torture and slain victim, Sylvia Likens. Sylvia and her sister, Jenny Likens, were girls left in the care of a ...woman named Gertrude Baniszewski. Their parents were carnival workers who had severe financial and marital problems. The sisters faced physical and mental abuse which climaxed at the death of Sylvia Likens. The girls tried to ask for help but nobody believed them and they were called liars.