Death Watch

Death Watch (1980)

12A
01/06/2012 (GB)
Drama, Science Fiction
2h 11m

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

Overview

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.

  • Bertrand TavernierDirector, Screenplay
  • David RayfielScreenplay
  • Original Title

    La Mort en direct

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • husband wife relationship
  • glasgow, scotland
  • yellow press
  • dystopia
  • terminal illness
  • tv reporter
  • ex-husband ex-wife relationship
  • sensationalism
  • cybernetically enhanced

Top Billed Cast

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Katherine Mortenhoe

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Roddy

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Vincent Ferriman

Thérèse Liotard

Thérèse Liotard

Tracey

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Gerald Mortenhoe

Caroline Langrishe

Caroline Langrishe

Girl in the Bar

William Russell

William Russell

Dr. Mason

Vadim Glowna

Vadim Glowna

Harry Graves

Eva Maria Meineke

Eva Maria Meineke

Dr. Klausen

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Katherine's Dad

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