NEKRomantik
Film Poster
Directed by	Jörg Buttgereit
Produced by	Manfred O. Jelinski
Written by	Jörg Buttgereit Franz Rodenkirchen
Starring	Daktari Lorenz Beatrice Manowski Harald Lundt
Music by	Hermann Kopp Daktari Lorenz John Boy Walton
Cinematography	Uwe Bohrer
Editing by	Jörg Buttgereit Manfred O. Jelinski
Released	1987
Running time	75 min.
Language	German
IMDb profile

NEKRomantik is a 1987 German horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit. This frequently controversial movie (i.e. banned in Great Britain) has become a cult film over the years due to its transgressive subject matter (necrophilia) and audacious imagery. A documentary, Corpse Fucking Art, which used footage shot during the making of the film, was also released in 1987. Image File history File links Nekromantik. ... Jörg Buttgereit (born December 20, 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. ... Jörg Buttgereit (born December 20, 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. ... Jörg Buttgereit (born December 20, 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Jörg Buttgereit (born December 20, 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. ... Cult film is a colloquial term for a film that has accrued a small but devoted group of fans, having failed to achieve any fame outside that group. ... Transgressive art refers to art forms that transgress; i. ... Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tagline: Death is just the beginning. A tagline is a variant of an advertising slogan typically used in movie marketing, commercials, and websites. ...

The story is about Robert "Rob" Schmadtke (Daktari Lorenz) and his girlfriend Betty (Beatrice Manowski) who share the same interest: corpses. Rob works in Joe’s Street-Cleaning Agency, which removes dead bodies from the street. This job gives Rob the chance to bring the corpses to his home where he and his girlfriend have sex with them. Not everything goes well and Rob is fired from his job and rejected by his girlfriend; things go downhill from there. With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ...

An example of the movie's "audacious imagery" is in one of the last scenes, in which Rob is seen ejaculating while killing himself with a knife.

The film has spawned a sequel, Nekromantik 2, by the same director.

Tagline for Nekromantik 2: The return of the loving dead!

External pages

• NEKRomantik at the Internet Movie Database
• NEKRomantik II at the Internet Movie Database
• Corpse Fucking Art (documentary) at the Internet Movie Database