Death Watch
by Bertrand Tavernier2h101979France
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In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Credits
- Producing company : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
- Production Compagny : Société Française De Production (SFP), Antenne 2, Corona Filmproduktion (Munich), Little Bear
- Distributor : Orange
- Photo Director : Pierre-William Glenn
- Original Music : Antoine Duhamel, Roger Mason
- Sound Recorder : Michel Desrois, Catherine Kelber, Claude Villand
- Editing : Michael Ellis, Armand Psenny
- Scenario : David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier
- Original Work Author : David Compton
- Set Decoration : Tony Pratt
- Costume Design : Judy Moorcroft
- Producer : Elie Kfouri, Selta Films (Paris), Sara Films (Paris), TV 13 (München), Bertrand Tavernier, Alain Sarde
- Executive Producer : Jean-Serge Breton
- Director : Bertrand Tavernier
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1979
- French release date : 23 janvier 1980
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : English
Bonus archives
- See special featureBlow up - ARTE : C'était quoi Romy Schneider ?
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