Directed by:
Jörg ButtgereitCinematography:
Manfred O. JelinskiCast:
Jörg Buttgereit, Harald Lundt, Bela B. Felsenheimer, Ades Zabel, Eva-Maria Kurz, Michael Krause, Hermann Kopp, Franz Rodenkirchen, Manfred O. Jelinski (more)VOD (1)
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As a chain letter from the self-proclaimed “Brotherhood of the 7th Day” circulates encouraging its recipients to end their lives, a series of grim murder-suicides unfold. In one vignette, a young woman massacres a room of concert-goers before turning the gun on herself; in another, a man, driven to madness by some unspecified mental disturbance, repeatedly slams his head into a wall before collapsing in a pool of his own blood… These are just some of depictions of death and despair that make up the tortured fabric of Der Todesking. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Jörg Buttgereit
West Germany
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Must Love Death (2009)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Harald Lundt
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Nekromantik (1987)
Bela B. Felsenheimer
West Germany
Best movies:
Sportsman of the Century (2006)
Honey Baby (2004)
Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
Ades Zabel
West Germany
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Killer Condom (1996)
Eva-Maria Kurz
German Empire
Best movies:
Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992)
Free Rainer (2007)
The Girl and Death (2012)
Michael Krause
Best movies:
Free Rainer (2007)
Der Todesking (1990)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hermann Kopp
Germany
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Franz Rodenkirchen
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Manfred O. Jelinski
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Nekromantik (1987)
Alexander Kiersch
West Germany
Best movies:
Der Todesking (1990)
Pfarrer Braun (2003) (series)
Kill Your Darling (2009) (TV movie)