Fresh
While it may be conceptually rooted in science fiction, 'Death Watch' is essentially melodramatic in tone and execution: it was shot in late '70s Glasgow with not a shiny jumpsuit or flying car in sight.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Death Watch
She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.
1980 · 2h 11m · R
Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
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Death Watch
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.
Director and cast
- Bertrand Tavernier Director
- Romy Schneider as Catherine Mortenhoe
- Harvey Keitel as Roddy
- Harry Dean Stanton as Vincent Ferriman
- Thérèse Liotard as Tracey
- Max von Sydow as Gerald Mortenhoe
- Caroline Langrishe as Girl in the Bar
- Eva Maria Meineke as Dr.Klausen
- William Russell as Dr. Mason
- Vadim Glowna as Harry Graves
- Bernhard Wicki Cast
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