Der Todesking

Der Todesking
Directed byJörg Buttgereit
Screenplay by
  • Franz Rodenkirchen
  • Jörg Buttgereit
Produced byManfred O. Jelinski
Starring
CinematographyManfred O. Jelinski
Edited by
  • Manfred O. Jelinski
  • Franz Rodenkirchen
  • Jörg Buttgereit
Production
company
Manfred Jelinski Film & Fernsehproduktion
Release date
  • 25 January 1990 (1990-01-25) (Germany)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryWest Germany

Der Todesking (lit.'The Death King') is a 1990 German horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit. This experimental-style movie, which does not use central characters, explores the topic of suicide and violent death in the form of seven episodes, each one attributed to one day of the week. These episodes are enframed by the vision of a human body, slowly rotting during the course of the movie.