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Death Watch (1980) [R]

Release Date:
January 23, 1980

Original Title:
La Mort en direct

Alternate Titles:
A Morte em Directo
De dood op het scherm
Direktsänd död
Katherine Mortenhoen ostettu kuolema
Ölümü beklerken
Śmierć na żywo
Προμελετημένη δολοφονία
Смерть наживо
데스워치
죽음의 중계

Genres:
Drama | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Antenne 2
Gaumont International
Little Bear
SFP
Sara Films
Selta Films
TV13

Production Countries:
France | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  ES: 16  FI: K-12  GB: 12A  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 131

She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.

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In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

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Art Direction:
Bernd Lepel

Assistant Art Director:
John Hoesli

Assistant Costume Designer:
Inge Heer

Assistant Director:
Jean Achache
Trudy von Trotha

Assistant Editor:
Luce Grunenwaldt

Boom Operator:
Dominique Levert

Camera Operator:
Jean-Claude Vicquery

Casting Director:
Mary Selway

Co-Producer:
Bertrand Tavernier

Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz

Dialogue Editor:
Sophie Cornu

Director:
Bertrand Tavernier

Director of Photography:
Pierre-William Glenn

Dresser:
Monique Dury
Nadia Arthur

Editor:
Armand Psenny
Michael Ellis

Executive Producer:
Jean-Serge Breton

Focus Puller:
Pascal Lebègue

Foley Artist:
Jean-Pierre Lelong

Gaffer:
René Rochera

Hair Designer:
Jean-Max Guérin

In Memory Of:
Jacques Tourneur

Key Grip:
Albert Bonomi

Location Manager:
Iain Smith

Main Title Theme Composer:
Roger Mason

Makeup Designer:
Paul Le Marinel

Novel:
David Compton

Original Music Composer:
Antoine Duhamel

Producer:
Janine Rubeiz
Elie Kfouri
Gabriel Boustani

Production Coordinator:
Sigmund Graa
Georg M. Reuther

Production Design:
Anthony Pratt

Production Manager:
Louis Wipf

Production Secretary:
Marianne Devis
Nicole Souchal

Property Master:
Terry Dalzell

Screenplay:
Bertrand Tavernier
David Rayfiel

Script Supervisor:
Alice Ziller

Second Assistant Camera:
Michael Coulter

Second Assistant Director:
Charlotte Trench

Sound:
Michel Desrois

Sound Editor:
Catherine Kelber

Still Photographer:
Jacques Arhex

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Judy Moorcroft

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