The Death King (Der Todesking) (1990)

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Directed by

Jörg Buttgereit

Starring (View all)

Hermann Kopp
Man (segment Montag)

Heinrich Ebber
Video Fan

Eva-Maria Kurz
Spinster

Susanne Betz
Girl in Park

Mark Reeder
Soldier

Jörg Buttgereit
Torture Victim

Bela B. Felsenheimer
Singer

Alexander Kiersch

Written by

Jörg Buttgereit

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The Death King (Der Todesking, 1990)

12 years, 1 month ago at Apr 7 15:53

Rath

Several short stories over the days of the week you have the common denominator in all violent deaths and declining interest throughout the film. With little dialogue, absent in most of the cuts, the film has plenty of experimental cinema, more for his lack of marketability for other reasons. The background of the various stories is the lack of communication, if not the loneliness, and suicide the... read more

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Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

Release date: 25 January 1990

Tags: Color (1), Minimalist Soundtrack (1), Tedious Gore (1), Kitsch Aesthetics (1), Non-nihilistic (1), Suicides (1), 72 Min. (1), Obsessions (1), West Germany (1), Drama (1), Angst (1), Obsession (1), Anthology (1), Cult (1), Suicide (1), German (1), Horror (1)

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" Date: 1/17/2021 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: Der Todesking aka The Death King or The King of Death is one of my favorite horror movies because it's a very dark and beautiful movie from the creative mind of Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik). I consider this movie to be the best modern German horror movie in my opinion. This movie is not going to be everyone's cup of tea and I understand why people won't like this movie. One of the reasons why I love this movie because I love the atmosphere an"