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Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death

2019 · 92 min

A darkly comic, fragmented meditation on mortality that feels like a surreal cabaret, mixing absurd skits with melancholy and demanding your full attention.

Directed by
Roland Reber
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Waltraut Borchmann, Christian Buse, Marina Anna Eich
Tagline
What is life? Is it the yearning of a lover, the fear of growing old, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it maybe just a show?
Overview
ROLAND REBER’S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and the one with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his “clients” through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and dea

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Directed by
Roland Reber
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Waltraut Borchmann, Christian Buse, Marina Anna Eich
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • identity
  • media
  • aging
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Cinematography
Mira Gittner
Runtime
92 min
Country
Germany
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