Summary
An employee of Joe's Streetcleaning Agency, a company that cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of his girlfriend, Betty.
Good for
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You're watching with family
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 50Audiences 49GoodWatch 50
Tomatometer50%
Letterboxd · 31 K ratings2.6/5
IMDb4.8
Audience score48%
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −37 min on the typical 109
typical 10972Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
1988
January 29, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
DramaHorrorLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesIntense
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityIntense
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchNot listed for kids or family movie night.
19 people
- Beatrice ManowskiBetty
- HLHarald LundtBruno
- CSColloseo SchulzendorfJoe
- VHVolker HauptvogelMan with gun
- PLPatricia LeipoldProstitute
- FRFranz RodenkirchenPornokiller
- DLDaktari LorenzRobert Schmadtke
- Jörg ButtgereitJ.S.A.
- HWHarald WeisDead in Garden
- SKSuza KohlstedtVera
- HLHeinz LangnerCop
- CBChristine BaumgartenWoman in Dream
- SSSimone SpörlWoman in Car
- WHWilfried HoogMan in Car
- MBMichael BüschkeAutopsie Corpse
- MRManfred RepnowCemetery Guard
- LLaskoMan in TV
- FFFritz FuchsSlaughterer
- Jürgen BrüningTV Voice
Directing · 2
- Jörg Buttgereit Director, Idea, Writer, Screenplay, Story, Casting, Still Photographer, Editor, Set Decoration, Special Effects, Creator
- Ishiro Yukido Continuity
Writing · 1
- Franz Rodenkirchen Writer, Idea, Screenplay, Story, Additional Photography, Sound Recordist, Set Decoration, Special Effects
Production · 1
- Manfred O. Jelinski Producer, Editor, Visual Effects, Presenter
Camera · 2
- Uwe Bohrer Director of Photography, Gaffer
- Björn Zielaskowski Additional Photography
Sound · 5
- Daktari Lorenz Music, Original Music Composer, Set Decoration, Creator, Stunts, Special Effects
- Hermann Kopp Music, Original Music Composer
- John Boy Walton Original Music Composer, Music
- Karlos Heinz Recording Supervision
- Harald Weis Sound Recordist, Best Boy Electric
Art · 2
- W. Krätzig Art Department Coordinator
- Andreas Marschall Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Elke Fuchs Hairstylist
Other crew · 4
- Tino Peikert Medical Consultant
- Mutfak Reisse Stunts
- Patricia Leipold Animal Coordinator
- Fritz Fuchs Animal Wrangler
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