Death Watch

Death Watch (French: La Mort en direct) is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton, also known as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. The film had 1,013,842 Admissions in France and was the 35th most attended film of the year. Much of the filming took place in and around Glasgow, including: Gla... More
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Initial release date:

  • Jan 23, 1980

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  • 2 h 8 min

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Also known as:

  • La mort en direct

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Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier (born 25 April 1941) is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the...

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  • She's the target of every eye...including eyes only science could create.

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  • 2 h 8 min

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The Unsleeping Eye

The Unsleeping Eye is a 1973 science fiction novel by D. G. Compton. It was published in the UK as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe in 1974 and was filmed by Bertrand Tavernier in 1980 as Death Watch, starring Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider and Max von Sydow. Subsequent editions of the novel were...

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  • 1981
  • 1981
  • 1981
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