oxygen Insider Exclusive! Sign Up for Free to View The coercion, imprisonment, and rape endured by Elisabeth Fritzl at the hands of her own father in their home in Austria is the inspiration for Lifetime's new feature film, “Girl in the Basement,” which premiered Saturday. The movie shifts the story to the American suburbs while altering and expanding upon details of what actually happened between 1984 and 2008 in the eastern European town. Her story is sadly not unique. When the ugly truth of the horrors committed beneath the Fritzl's home emerged, many recalled the case of Natascha Kampusch, an Austrian girl who was kidnapped in 1998 at the age of 10 and held captive for eight years by Wolfgang Přiklopil below his garage. She escaped in a rare moment that her captor was distracted and went on to tell her story of captivity, endurance, and years later, forgiveness.