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Death Watch

Original title: La Mort en direct

She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.

1980 · R · 2h 11m

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

6.4

TMDB audience score
123 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Romy Schneider
    Katherine Mortenhoe

  • Harvey Keitel
    Roddy

  • Harry Dean Stanton
    Vincent Ferriman

  • Thérèse Liotard
    Tracey

  • Max von Sydow
    Gerald Mortenhoe

  • Caroline Langrishe
    Girl in the Bar

  • William Russell
    Dr. Mason

  • Vadim Glowna
    Harry Graves

  • Eva Maria Meineke
    Dr. Klausen

  • Bernhard Wicki
    Katherine's Dad

  • Freddie Boardley
    Technician

  • Robbie Coltrane
    Limousine Driver

  • Julian Hough
    Young Doctor

  • Peter Kelly
    Technician

  • Boyd Nelson
    Policeman

  • Billy Riddoch
    Truck Driver

  • Derek Royle
    Dave Matthieson

  • Ida Schuster
    Old Woman