Death Watch
1980 · Movie · 2h 11m · R
DramaScience Fiction
"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.
Ratings
TMDB
6.3/10
Key crew
- Bertrand TavernierScreenplay
- David RayfielScreenplay
- Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer
- Bertrand TavernierDirector
Cast
- Romy SchneiderKatherine Mortenhoe
- Harvey KeitelRoddy
- Harry Dean StantonVincent Ferriman
- Thérèse LiotardTracey
- Max von SydowGerald Mortenhoe
- Caroline LangrisheGirl in the Bar
- William RussellDr. Mason
- Vadim GlownaHarry Graves
- Eva Maria MeinekeDr. Klausen
- Bernhard WickiKatherine's Dad
- Freddie BoardleyTechnician
- Robbie ColtraneLimousine Driver
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