Death Watch

Death Watch
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBertrand Tavernier
Screenplay by
Based onThe Unsleeping Eye
by David G. Compton
Produced by
  • Gabriel Boustiani
  • Janine Rubeiz
  • Bertrand Tavernier
Starring
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Edited byMichael Ellis
Armand Psenny
Music byAntoine Duhamel
Distributed bySELTA Films
Little Bear
Sara Films
Gaumont
Antenne 2
TV 13 Munich
Quartet Films
(USA)
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguagesEnglish
French
Box office$7.6 million[1]

Death Watch (French: La Mort en direct) is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1973 novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film had 1,013,842 admissions in France and was the 35th most attended film of the year.[3]

  1. ^ "La Mort en direct (1980) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Death Watch". imdb.com. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  3. ^ "La Mort en direct (1980) - JPBox-Office".