Destination Death

1964 1h 32m DE

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8.0

BANGER

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7.8

IMDB

★8.0TMDB · 4★7.8IMDB · 115

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Synopsis

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A group of West German men on a stag party find themselves stranded in a Montenegrin village inhabited only by vengeful women since all their men were shot during the war.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Götz George
Herbert Hackländer
Hans Nielsen
Major a.d. Friedrich Hackländer
Rudolf Platte
Buchhändler Werner Drexel
Reinhold Bernt
Fernfahrer Willi Wirth
Gerlach Fiedler
Otmar Wengel
Gerhard Hartig
Kurt Siebert
Friedrich Maurer
Studienrat Karl Samuth
Herbert Tiede
Inspektor Ernst Sobotka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Writers: Wolfgang Staudte, Arsen Diklić, Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Languages: German, Serbo-Croatian
Countries: Germany, Yugoslavia

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Serbo-Croatian.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, Yugoslavia.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Carl Otto Bartning shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Götz George and Hans Nielsen and Rudolf Platte carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0058190 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wolfgang Staudte directs. Carl Otto Bartning cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, Yugoslavia. Dialogue in German, Serbo-Croatian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

162 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Serbo-Croatian.
3International production across 2 countries: Germany, Yugoslavia.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Carl Otto Bartning shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Götz George and Hans Nielsen and Rudolf Platte carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0058190 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.