Jörg Buttgereit
Jörg Buttgereit (born 20 December 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. He was born in Berlin and has lived there his entire life. He is best known for his horror films Nekromantik (1987), Der Todesking (1990), Nekromantik 2 (1991) and Schramm (1993).
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4166 |
| Birthday | 1963-12-20 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As |
2017
VHS Revolution
6.2/10
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of ca...
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VHS Revolution
2009
Captain Berlin vs. Hitler
3.8/8
After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler's evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer sup...
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Captain Berlin vs. Hitler
Inside the Mind of Buttgereit
10/1
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Inside the Mind of Buttgereit
1992
The Making of 'Nekromantik'
0/0
The making of Jörg Buttgereits 1987 horror classic 'Nekromantik'.
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The Making of 'Nekromantik'
1990
The Death King
6.322/76
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
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The Death King
1995
Mein Papi
6.167/6
A short documentary about Jörg Buttgereit's father.
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Mein Papi
2023
Winnie the Pooh: Master of Puppets
0/0
Maddie is haunted by her past but when the mysterious Mike Donovan shows up, her life turns upside down and her inner demons take the physical form of...
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Winnie the Pooh: Master of Puppets
1988
Nekromantik
5.072/320
A necrophilic street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a corpse for him and his girlfriend to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed t...
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Nekromantik
2010
Making of 'Süsse Stuten 7'
4.2/6
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Making of 'Süsse Stuten 7'
2013
Sexmonster!
0/0
It's 1973, the scene is New York, there's a strange virus, a penis transplant, a saw and a stick of leeks: Adam is not successful with women and has a...
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Sexmonster!
1994
Das andere Universum des Klaus Beyer
0/0
Portrait of the factory worker Klaus Beyer, who shoots wonderful Super-8 films in his free time and gives bizarre concerts as a Beatles interpreter.
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Das andere Universum des Klaus Beyer
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
7.698/48
The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and...
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
German Angst
5.343/89
Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.
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German Angst
1992
Blut für die Götter
0/0
The author Stefan König has writer's block. This changes when he witnesses the murder of a prostitute. He doesn't alert the police because he sets out...
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Blut für die Götter
2015
Cinema Perverso
6.7/15
Before there were home video formats and the internet, the “Bahnhofskinos” (“Train station cinemas”) in West Germany regularly showed trash and erotic...
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Cinema Perverso
2004
Celluloid Horror
7.429/7
Celluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run internation...
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Celluloid Horror
2004
A Journey Into Bliss
5.833/6
The film deals loosely with the adventures of the grizzled Gustav who captains a ship – a giant floating ‘snailboat’ – with a crew of talking animals...
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A Journey Into Bliss
1981
Ogar - the Ugly
2/1
The dwarf Ogar lived alone and abandoned. He lived in a small, cramped cave and fed on garbage. One day, a prince rode by and wanted to free Ogar from...
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Ogar - the Ugly
2005
Wir waren niemals hier
7/1
A documentary about the German band "Mutter".
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Wir waren niemals hier
2010
Erdbeerfelder für immer
0/0
Documentary about Klaus Beyer with footage of this performance at WP8 Künstlerverein, Düsseldorf, talks with Jörg Buttgereit and Christoph Schlingensi...
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Erdbeerfelder für immer
1981
The Muschibärs Live at the Gleisdreieck
0/0
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The Muschibärs Live at the Gleisdreieck
1986
New York - Paris
0/0
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New York - Paris
1991
Nekromantik 2
5.135/111
Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between h...
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Nekromantik 2
2006
The Meltdown Memoirs
0/0
The Meltdown Memoirs depicts the production of the movie Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.
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The Meltdown Memoirs
2015
ABCs of Superheroes
4.367/15
ABCs of Superheroes brings you not only one or two or five, but no less than twenty-six of the most heroic and outrageous Superheroes and Supervillain...
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ABCs of Superheroes
2017
VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary
6.333/6
The golden age of home video may be over, but VHS is still very much alive for these dedicated fans, collectors and low-budget filmmakers.
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VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary
2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
0/0
Tv documentary by Margarete Kreuzer about the sub-culture of West-Berlin in the 1980s. The unique political and geographical status of West-Berlin in...
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Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
2001
Der Vorführ-Effekt
7/1
Documentary about film projectionists.
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Der Vorführ-Effekt
1982
Captain Berlin - Retter der Welt
4.5/6
The Captain Berlin character was created by Buttgereit in the early 1980s and first appeared in his Super 8 short film CAPTAIN BERLIN - RETTER DER WEL...
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Captain Berlin - Retter der Welt
2009
Must Love Death
3.9/8
Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to be...
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Must Love Death
2007
Kill the Artist
2/2
Reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor avant-garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion...
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Kill the Artist
1983
Der Gollob
4.333/3
Jörg Buttgereit short film.
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Der Gollob
1982
Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker
6.333/3
Early no budget experimental Super-8 short film made by Buttgereit in just one day in 1982.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has survived the war, holed up i...
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Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker
1984
Horror Heaven
5/5
Jörg Buttgereit himself plays a TV horror show presenter, introducing the audience to a variety of "Horror classics”. These are of course all short Su...
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Horror Heaven
1985
Hot Love
5.067/15
A guy is in love with a girl. He sees her one day with another guy, freaks out, commits suicide, and then she has a baby.
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Hot Love
1992
Corpse Fucking Art
5.125/4
A feature length documentary following the making of horror director, Jorg Buttgerreit's movies.
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Corpse Fucking Art
2014
Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy
0/0
A 2014 documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with genre critic Alan Jones,...
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Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy
2014
In Conversation with the Death King
0/0
A short documentary featuring an interview with director Jörg Buttgereit.
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In Conversation with the Death King
2019
Planet of the Tapes
6.9/6
Documentary about the rise of the Video Home System in Germany.
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Planet of the Tapes
1982
Sex, Violence and Good Spirits
9/1
Compilation of amateur short films that consist of sex, violence and very bizarre humor. The safety regulations apply: keep out of the reach of childr...
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Sex, Violence and Good Spirits
1992
Sex, Gewalt und gute Laune Vol. 2
6/1
Jelenski and Buttgereit delight us once again with a collection of selected bizarre things that even add one more to the first part.
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Sex, Gewalt und gute Laune Vol. 2
1984
Gazorra: Beast from the Bowels of the Earth
6.5/2
When a giant monster ravages a German town, humanity’s only hope lies in the secret weapon known as the super giant fighting robot
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Gazorra: Beast from the Bowels of the Earth
2021
Texas Carlos Massacre
5/1
Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused fil...
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Texas Carlos Massacre
2024
Solvent
5/11
While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunn...
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Solvent
2020
Zombie im Kino
0/0
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Zombie im Kino
2022
Wenn Ich 70 Bin
0/0
Klaus Beyer turned 70 and celebrated with an open-air concert in the Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin. Georg Maas, Matl Findel, Sabine Herpich and Stephan K...
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Wenn Ich 70 Bin
2009
Captain Berlin vs. Hitler
3.8/8
After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler's evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer sup...
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Captain Berlin vs. Hitler
2002
The Monster Island
0/0
Jörg Buttgereit, a lifelong fan of Japanese monster movies, as he travels to Japan to explore the world of Kaijū cinema — including iconic figures lik...
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The Monster Island
2024
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
7.9/7
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...
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In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
1991
The Making of 'Der Todesking'
0/0
Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Der Todesking.
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The Making of 'Der Todesking'
1992
The Making of 'Nekromantik 2'
0/0
Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik 2.
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The Making of 'Nekromantik 2'
1995
The Making of 'Schramm'
0/0
Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Schramm.
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The Making of 'Schramm'
2005
Berlin Super 80
6/1
Berlin Super 80 is a compilation of 18 short movies shot in Super 8 by West German experimental film makers during the late 1970s/early 80s. Featuring...
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Berlin Super 80
2025
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
7/1
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global e...
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