Death Watch
“She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Romy Schneider
Katherine Mortenhoe
Known for
Sissi
The Trial
Harvey Keitel
Roddy
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Harry Dean Stanton
Vincent Ferriman
Known for
Alien
Paris, Texas
Thérèse Liotard
Tracey
Known for
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
My Father's Glory
Max von Sydow
Gerald Mortenhoe
Known for
Shutter Island
Minority Report
Caroline Langrishe
Girl in the Bar
Known for
Cleopatra
Tremors: Shrieker Island
William Russell
Dr. Mason
Known for
Doctor Who
The Great Escape
Vadim Glowna
Harry Graves
Known for
Les Misérables
Cross of Iron
Eva Maria Meineke
Dr. Klausen
Known for
Cesar and Rosalie
To the Devil a Daughter
Bernhard Wicki
Katherine's Dad
Known for
Paris, Texas
La Notte
Freddie Boardley
Technician
Also in
Bad Boys
Cadfael
Robbie Coltrane
Limousine Driver
Known for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Brave
Bertrand Tavernier Director · David Rayfiel Screenplay David Compton Author
Worldwide gross $7.6M · United States release April 1, 1982 · Produced in France, Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,600,000
Production
TV13
Production
Gaumont International
Production
Little Bear
Production
Sara Films
Production
SFP
Production
Selta Films
Production
Antenne 2
Production
Films A2
Production
Société Française de Production (SFP)
Production
TV13 Filmproduktion
Production
France · Germany
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Languages
Original title
La Mort en direct
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
France · January 23, 1980
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1982
Theatrical
United States
October 1, 1980 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Belgium
September 25, 1980 · Premiere · Gent
Canada
September 11, 1980 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Finland
January 27, 1984 · Theatrical
France
January 30, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
February 1, 1980 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
May 9, 1980 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 16, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 24, 1980 · Theatrical
Poland
December 4, 1981 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 20, 1980 · Theatrical
Spain
February 12, 1981 · Premiere · Madrid
April 6, 1981 · Premiere · Barcelona
Türkiye
February 1, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 1, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
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