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Death Watch

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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.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1980-01-23

Runtime: 131 mins

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Spoken language: English, Français, Deutsch

Genres: Drama, Science Fiction

Original title: Death Watch

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

Production Countries: France, Germany

Cast

Romy Schneider

Harvey Keitel

Harry Dean Stanton

Thérèse Liotard

Max von Sydow

Caroline Langrishe

William Russell

Vadim Glowna

Eva Maria Meineke

Bernhard Wicki

Freddie Boardley

Robbie Coltrane

Julian Hough

Peter Kelly

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