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Nekromantik

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Nekromantik

"Death is just the Beginning"

1988

1h 12m

5.1(332 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

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Beatrice Manowski

Beatrice Manowski

Betty

Harald Lundt

Bruno

Colloseo Schulzendorf

Joe

Volker Hauptvogel

Man with gun

Patricia Leipold

Prostitute

Franz Rodenkirchen

Pornokiller

Daktari Lorenz

Robert Schmadtke

Jörg Buttgereit

Jörg Buttgereit

J.S.A.

Harald Weis

Dead in Garden

Suza Kohlstedt

Vera

Creative team

Directed by: Jörg Buttgereit
Written by: Franz Rodenkirchen
Jörg Buttgereit
Produced by: Manfred O. Jelinski

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