Udo Kier dies his way through film history. He screams, falls, lies, is cut into pieces, shot or commits suicide. Again and again his empty gaze, again and again his rigid body. In 54 years as an actor, Udo Kier played in more than 170 feature films, 120 series episodes and 50 short films. More than 70 times Udo Kier tried to give an expression to dying and death. In Staging Death, these representations of death merge into a montage of the most diverse shots, film formats, special effects and sound designs. "Directors are now thinking increasingly strained about what new ways they can kill me. […] At some point, somebody would have to make a montage of all my film deaths." Udo Kier (Interview Subway Magazine #145, December 1999)
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Jan Soldat Director
First release May 25, 2022 · Produced in Austria, Germany
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Austria · Germany
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English
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Release dates
France · May 25, 2022
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
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Germany
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Pornfilmfestival Berlin
South Korea
April 28, 2023 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Switzerland
April 21, 2026 · Premiere · Brugggore Filmfestival
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