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Death Watch (1980)
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
“She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.”
Drama, Science Fiction · 2h 11m
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.
Cast
Romy Schneider
Katherine Mortenhoe
Harvey Keitel
Roddy
Harry Dean Stanton
Vincent Ferriman
Thérèse Liotard
Tracey
Max von Sydow
Gerald Mortenhoe
Caroline Langrishe
Girl in the Bar
William Russell
Dr. Mason
Vadim Glowna
Harry Graves
Eva Maria Meineke
Dr. Klausen
Bernhard Wicki
Katherine's Dad
Freddie Boardley
Technician
Robbie Coltrane
Limousine Driver
Crew
- Director
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Screenplay
- Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfiel
- Novel
- David Compton
- Director of Photography
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Original Music Composer
- Antoine Duhamel
- Editor
- Armand Psenny, Michael Ellis
- Producer
- Janine Rubeiz, Elie Kfouri, Gabriel Boustani
Details
- Original title
- La Mort en direct
- Release date
- 1980-01-23
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English, French, German
- Countries
- France, Germany
- Production
- TV13, Gaumont International, Little Bear, Sara Films, SFP, Selta Films, Antenne 2