Movie · 1980
Death Watch
“She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.”
Released 23 January 1980 131 min Drama / Science Fiction More from 1980 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
FR·01
How old were they?
Bernhard Wicki
as Katherine's Dad
Eva Maria Meineke
as Dr. Klausen
William Russell
as Dr. Mason
Harry Dean Stanton
as Vincent Ferriman
Max von Sydow
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Romy Schneider
as Katherine Mortenhoe
Harvey Keitel
as Roddy
Vadim Glowna
as Harry Graves
Peter Kelly
as Technician
Paul Young
as Police Officer
Thérèse Liotard
as Tracey
Bill Nighy
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Freddie Boardley
as Technician
Robbie Coltrane
as Limousine Driver
Caroline Langrishe
as Girl in the Bar
Julian Hough
as Young Doctor
Boyd Nelson
as Policeman
FR·02
The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Bernhard Wicki — oldest on the call sheet
22Caroline Langrishe — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast