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Nekromantik

  • 1988
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 11m
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4.8/10
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Nekromantik (1988)
Horror

A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.

  • Director
    • Jörg Buttgereit
  • Writers
    • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Franz Rodenkirchen
  • Stars
    • Bernd Daktari Lorenz
    • Beatrice Manowski
    • Harald Lundt
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    11K
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    • Director
      • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Writers
      • Jörg Buttgereit
      • Franz Rodenkirchen
    • Stars
      • Bernd Daktari Lorenz
      • Beatrice Manowski
      • Harald Lundt
    • 111User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Bernd Daktari Lorenz
    • Robert Schmadtke
    • (as Daktari Lorenz)
    Beatrice Manowski
    • Betty
    • (as Beatrice M.)
    Harald Lundt
    • Bruno
    Collosseo
    • Joe
    Henri Boeck
    • J.S.A.
    Clemens Schwender
    • J.S.A.
    • (as Clemens Schwenter)
    Jörg Buttgereit
    Jörg Buttgereit
    • J.S.A.
    Holger Suhr
    • J.S.A.
    Volker Hauptvogel
    • Man with Gun
    Harald Weis
    • Dead in Garden
    Heike Surban
    • Prostitute
    • (as Heike S.)
    Patricia Leipold
    • Prostitute
    Elke Fuchs
    • Prostitute
    Margit Im Schlaa
    • Prostitute
    Suza Kohlstedt
    • Vera
    • (as Susa Kohlstedt)
    Franz Rodenkirchen
    Franz Rodenkirchen
    • Pornokiller
    Heinz Langner
    • Cop
    Christiane Baumgarten
    • Woman in Dream
    • Director
      • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Writers
      • Jörg Buttgereit
      • Franz Rodenkirchen
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    • Trivia
      Jörg Buttgereit said in an interview that he never intended to be a director and Nekromantik was just a film to rebel against the German film rating system, trying to shock as many people as possible.
    • Quotes

      Betty: [on a note] Left for good. Took the corpse.

    • Alternate versions
      Allegedly, the Japanese theatrical version was heavily cut, and edited together with Nekromantik 2 (also heavily cut) to make one long film.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nekromantik 2 (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Ménage à trois
      Written & performed by John Boy Walton

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    The art of horror
    Obviously filmed on super8-format Jörg Buttgereit´s masterpiece "Nekromantik" looks much more professional and expensive than it´s actually is! Being banned in many countries the most people only see a depraved and disgusting horror movie in it, but to me it is a disturbing, but simultaneously beautiful film about a weird fetish! The whole film is surrounded by an almost apocalyptic poetry and the wonderful piano score emphazises the sinister death-is-everywhere atmosphere perfectly! Some may be offended by gross scenes like the suicide masturbation, the autopsy, the rabbit dissection, the beheading of an old cemetery gardener or the climax when Robert and Betty have sex with the corpse (A very esthetical scene by the way...), but exactly that´s the stuff which makes this movie so unique: the surreal combination of bizarre symbolic, gore and dream like mood! Watch it whenever wherever you can!
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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • NEKRomantik
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production company
      • Jelinski & Buttgereit
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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