Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death

Oct 26, 2019

1h 32m

★ 7.0

What is life? Is it the yearning of a lover, the fear of growing old, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it maybe just a show?

Overview

ROLAND REBER’S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and the one with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his “clients” through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and dea

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

WTP International

Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death Trailers

Cast

Lola

Waltraut Borchmann

Frank

Christian Buse

Billie

Marina Anna Eich

Mensch mit Maske

Mira Gittner

Patsy

Antje Mönning

Monique

Claire Plaut

Herr Naumann

Wolfram Kunkel

Hilde

Ricci Hohlt

Ute

Ute Meisenheimer

Britta / Kittie 1

Sophie Röhrmoser

Talkmaster

Wolfgang Seidenberg

DJ LoL

Martin Bayer

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