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The Death King

The Death King

19906.31h 20m

Overview

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

Directed by Jörg Buttgereit
Written by Franz Rodenkirchen, Jörg Buttgereit
Produced by Manfred O. Jelinski
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Top Cast

H

Heinrich Ebber

Tuesday

A

Angelika Hoch

Saturday

H

Hermann Kopp

Monday

N

Nicholas Petche

Sunday

Eva-Maria Kurz

Eva-Maria Kurz

Friday

Bela B.

Bela B.

Singer

Jörg Buttgereit

Jörg Buttgereit

Torture Victim

Mark Reeder

Mark Reeder

Soldier

Themes & Keywords

depressionsuicideskeletonlife and deathsadismsuffocationrevelationgorecastrationanthologypessimismcryingbrutalitymutilationmacabrevoyeurismexistentialismsolitudedecompositionmultiple suicidedisturbed person

About The Death King

The Death King is a drama, horror film released in 1990 exploring themes of depression, suicide, skeleton, life and death, sadism, suffocation. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit, it stars Heinrich Ebber, Angelika Hoch, Hermann Kopp. Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

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