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Children of The Devil

2010 · 67 min

A jarring, hand-crafted fever dream of grotesque vignettes that unsettles and provokes more than it comforts.

Directed by
Mariola Brillowska
Genres
Animation
Starring
Tilmann Borg, Susanne Stangl, Ingo Abel
Tagline
The Cinematic Art of Excess without Boundaries
Overview
An animated episode film made up of a series of 15-minute stories, each set in a different European country, and in each of which the mother, both parents or the child meet a tragic end.

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Directed by
Mariola Brillowska
Genres
Animation
Starring
Tilmann Borg, Susanne Stangl, Ingo Abel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • family
  • grief
  • madness
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour4
Realism2
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Mariola Brillowska
Starring
Tilmann Borg, Susanne Stangl, Ingo Abel, Robert Missler, Sylvie Nogler, Mariola Brillowska, Tina Eschmann
Runtime
67 min
Country
Germany, Poland
Languages
German, English

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