Der Todesking (1989)
- Directed by
- Jörg Buttgereit
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- NC-17
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 78 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film shows seven episodes about suicide and violent death, one for each day of the week. It has no main characters and includes a slowly rotting body as a framing device.
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What happens
Der Todesking (lit. 'The Death King') is a 1990 German horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit. This experimental-style movie, which does not use central characters, explores the topic of suicide and violent death in the form of seven episodes, each one attributed to one day of the week. These episodes are enframed by the vision of a human body, slowly rotting during the course of the movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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