Roland Rebers Todesrevue
What is life? Is it the longing of lovers, the fear of aging, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death, or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it just a show, perhaps? This film paints a multilayered picture of our existence, reintroducing the taboo subject of death into the cycle of life. A ruined love affair, an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show in which the contestants are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape the aging process despite constant self-optimizing, and the person in the mask who wants to be famous at all costs intersect in various storylines. And between all these, a hearse driver rolls his “clientele” along an endless corridor and comes to his own conclusions about life and death.
Cast
- Freundin
- Angelika Zoller
- Steffen
- Steffen Neder
- Richie
- Bernd Fuchs
- Werner
- Patrick Grimm
- Miss Apple
- Bettie Berlin
- Peter
- Thomas Bastkowski
- Männerballett
- Thomas Willmann
- Männerballett
- Daniel Kustermann
- Männerbalett
- Carsten Conrad
- Männerbalett
- Florian Kottmair
- The Kitties
- Carina Fritsch
- The Kitties
- Conny Hohenschläger
- The Kitties
- Viktoria Jenne
- The Kitties
- Sophie Röhrmoser
- Hallo
- Andreas Pegler
- Lisa
- Elisa Oberzig
- Der Würger von Mannheim
- John „Massive“ Drake
- DREI GRAZIEN
- Ilse Weber
- DREI GRAZIEN
- Edeltraud Klein
- DREI GRAZIEN
- Eva Körber
- DJ LOL
- Martin Bayer
- Hilde
- Ricci Hohlt
Roland Rebers Todesrevue
Roland Reber
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2019
- Language
- dt. OF ohne UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 92min
2.39:1, Stereo PCM
Director & Crew
Roland Reber
“Dignity – that’s the film’s key theme as I see it: respectful treatment of yourself and others. In living as well as in dying. And it starts with language, among other things. The way we handle words is the way we handle people. A film is always a personal opinion, and for me it’s a dialogue with the viewer. And that is something that’s missing more and more in this age of communication. Conversation is missing. People talk and talk, but they say nothing. We live in a social situation inflamed by the media, and it’s high time we found our way back to real conversation so we can handle each other better again. I believe the film is a huge plea for respectful interaction with one another.”
Roland Reber
“Involving 130 people, Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death was our biggest and most elaborate production to date. There was a script, which we stuck to sometimes, but only sometimes because spontaneous development during the actual filming is and always has been our great passion. WTP is a community of artists; we design, produce, and distribute independently, so we don’t have to answer to anyone – we can do what we really want. And we will make sure we keep this freedom.”
Mira Gittner
- Music Composer
- Antje Nikola Mönning
- Producer
- Marina Anna Eich
- Patricia Koch-Pritchard
- Antje Nikola Mönning
- Writer
- Antje Nikola Mönning
- Mira Gittner
- Roland Reber
- Editor
- Mira Gittner
- Director of Photography
- Mira Gittner