Cult Epics Releasing Der Todesking

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It's coming 6/9/15...

"Cult Epics presents the third release in the series Corpse Fucking Art; Jorg Buttgereit's powerful masterpiece Der Todesking (aka The Death King), made in-between Nekromantik (1987) and Nekromantik 2 (1991). Seven stories on Death and Suicide, each taking place on a different day of the week, enframed by the decomposition of a human body. Warning: extremely graphic.

Der Todesking, available for the first time on Blu-ray, is presented Uncut and Uncensored in a new High Definition transfer, including the bonus Shockumentary Corpse Fucking Art; an in-depth look behind the scenes of Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2 and Der Todesking.

Special Features:

New Director's Approved HD transfer (taken from the original 16mm negative)
New Introduction by Jorg Buttgereit (2015)
Audio Commentary by Jorg Buttgereit and co-author Franz Rodenkirchen
The Making of Der Todesking
Still Photo Gallery
JB HD Trailers
Corpse Fucking Art (Documentary) 1983, 60 Minutes, HD transfer
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The first 3000 Blu-ray copies include Collectible Artwork
25th Anniversary (Silver embossed) Slipcover and Corpse Fucking Art Postcard"

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Cover, slip cover and sell sheet!

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

Todd is king?

[Barry M Super Fiend Find all posts View Profile Close Barry M]

Der.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

This coming from Arrow in the UK in Feb. 2018.

The second feature film from German provocateur Jí¶rg Buttgereit, director of Nekromantik and Nekromantik 2, Der Todesking (“The King of Death”) presents seven suicides across seven days of the week.

As a chain letter from the self-proclaimed “Brotherhood of the 7th Day” circulates encouraging its recipients to end their lives, a series of grim murder-suicides unfold. In one vignette, a young woman massacres a room of concert-goers before turning the gun on herself; in another, a man, driven to madness by some unspecified mental disturbance, repeatedly slams his head into a wall before collapsing in a pool of his own blood… These are just some of depictions of death and despair that make up the tortured fabric of Der Todesking.
Regarded by many as director Jí¶rg Buttgereit's most accomplished work, Der Todesking is an existential masterpiece - a powerfully haunting howl of rage from one of the genre's most underrated filmmakers.

3-DISC DIRECTOR-APPROVED LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Director's approved HD transfer from the original 16mm negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original Stereo Audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx
• Limited edition certificate featuring original artwork
• Replica “Brotherhood of the 7th Day” Chain Letter
• Der Todesking Soundtrack CD
• Limited Edition 60-page book
DISC 1 [BLU-RAY] & DISC 2 [DVD] - 'DER TODESKING'
• Audio commentary by Jí¶rg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen
• From Bundy to Lautréamont - Jí¶rg Buttgereit in conversation with journalist Graham Rae at the 2016 Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films
• The Making of Der Todesking - vintage production featurette
• Footage from the original 1990 Berlin premiere
• Corpse Fucking Art - 1992 documentary bringing together the making of featurettes of Nekromantik,
• Der Todesking and Nekromantik 2 Der Gollob (1983, 25 mins) - short film by Jí¶rg Buttgereit, newly transferred in HD and viewable with optional director's audio commentary
• Two short films by producer Manfred O. Jelinski: Die Reise ins Licht (1972, 27 mins) and Geliebter Wahnsinn (1973, 7 mins)
• Still Gallery Jí¶rg Buttgereit
• Trailer Gallery
DISC 3 [CD] - 'DER TODESKING' SOUNDTRACK - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE
• CD featuring the complete Der Todesking score
60-PAGE BOOK - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE
• Exclusive perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film from Graham Rae and Kat Ellinger, all illustrated with new artwork and original archive stills

Director: Jí¶rg Buttgereit
Cast: Hermann Kopp, Angelika Hoch, Jí¶rg Buttgereit, Michael Krause, Mark Reeder

RRP: £29.99
Region: B/2
Rating: 18
Genre: Horror
Duration: 95 mins
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: Stereo
Colour
Discs: 3

Cat No: FCD1678
Barcode: 5027035018478

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

This will be mine. Have been waiting forever. Der Todesking is Buttgereit's best film, and nice to see Arrow, like Cult Epics, include the documentary Corpse Fucking Art.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Der Todesking is very good (when you're in the right frame of mind) but I think Buttgereit's best is either Nekromantik 2 or Schramm.

[Tom Clark Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom Clark]

Der Todesking is Buttgereit's best film

Nice to see someone else share this sentiment. It might lack the sensationalism and black humor of the more famous “loving dead” duo but given the material, the more low-key and morose tone works wonders. The idea of death as a chain letter is fascinating and its a very interesting film stylistically too. Still grimy and underground but you see him getting more ambitious as well, ie the "Thursday" segment" and the POV of "Saturday".

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

I feel like Der Todesking is the one film out of Buttgereit's that shows the most coherent and well constructed vision. It's almost like a rosetta stone for Buttgereit's cinematic language and thematic obsessions.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I wouldn't disagree.