Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008)
A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.
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A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.
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Genre:Drama, Horror, Comedy
Written By:Bruce LaBruce
In Theaters:1/19/2008
Box Office:$11,295
Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion, Existential Crisis Production Inc.
Cast
Bruce LaBruce
Director
Jey Crisfar
Otto
Katharina Klewinghaus
Medea Yarn / Lascivious Ballet Dancer #1
Susanne Sachße
Hella Bent / Lascivious Ballet Dancer #2
Marcel Schlutt
Fritz Fritze
Gio Black Peter
Rudolf
Guido Sommer
Adolf
Christophe Chemin
Maximilian
Max Di Costanzo
Amusement Park Zombie #1
Nicholas Fox Ricciardi
Young Man in Hooded Sweatshirt
Keith Böhm
Man in a Suit and Hat
Olivia Barth
Woman in a Black Burqa / Woman on Subway #1
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