Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008)

Director:

Bruce La Bruce

Writer:

Bruce La Bruce (written by)

Release Date:

18 September 2008 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Adult

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Schizophrenia | Graveyard | Identity Crisis | Post Punk | Shot In The Head

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jey Crisfar	...	Otto
Marcel Schlutt	...	Fritz Fritze
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
Christophe Chemin	...	Maximilian
Katharina Klewinghaus	...	Medea Yarn/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #1
Stephanie Heinrich	...	Old Woman (as Stefanie Heinrich)
John Edward Heys	...	Old Man
Max Di Costanzo	...	Amusement Park Zombie #1
Orion Zombie	...	Amusement Park Zombie #2
John Wloch	...	Headstone Shop Owner
Guido Sommer	...	Adolf
Elliat Graney-Saucke	...	Woman on Subway #2
Ramin Farhadi	...	Young Boy on Subway
Nicolas Koenigsknecht	...	Man on Subway #1
Daniel Grothe	...	Gay Boy on Subway #1
Émile Dunichaud	...	Gay Boy on Subway #2
Gio Black Peter	...	Rudolf
Jürgen Seipel	...	Taxi Driver
Susanne Sachße	...	Hella Bent/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #2
Ferdinand Marian	...	Park Carnivore #1/Night Club Zombie #1
Torsten Meyer	...	Park Carnivore #2
Pascal Herr	...	Park Carnivore #3
Ena Schnitzlbaumer	...	Park Carnivore #4
Stefanie Reißnecker	...	Park Carnivore #5
Wiebke Hoogklimmer	...	Park Carnivore #6
Nina Kharytonova	...	Park Carnivore #7
Asha Mines	...	Park Carnivore #8
Peter Jung	...	Yummy Boy eating Ice Cream Cone
Mahsun Erdogan	...	Street Ragamuffin #1
Serhat Erdogan	...	Street Ragamuffin #2
Arturam Oruç	...	Street Ragamuffin #3
Stefan Kuschner	...	Butcher, Otto's Father
Peter Bürger	...	Night Club Zombie #2
Mo	...	Zombie Boy
Alfio Tombolato	...	Warrior Thug #1
Fashion P.D.G.	...	Warrior Thug #2
Valentin Plessy	...	Warrior Thug #3
Nicolas Mallet	...	Warrior Thug #4
Kevin Murphy	...	Warrior Thug #5
Emanuele Rizzi	...	Basher #1
Burak Icer	...	Basher #2
Gökan Alabay	...	Basher #3
Haçi Alabay	...	Basher #4
Christophe Linéré	...	Somnambulistic Duet Dancer #1/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #8
Frédéric Gies	...	Somnambulistic Duet Dancer #2/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #9
Kembra Pfahler	...	Lascivious Ballet Dancer #3
Rudy Marchal	...	Lascivious Ballet Dancer #6
Christian Modersbach	...	Lascivious Ballet Dancer #7
Laura Berger	...	Little Girl in Supermarket
Pedro Sobisch	...	Supermarket Manager
Mandy Berger	...	Little Girl's Mother
Efe Yildiz	...	Slaughterhouse Manager
Nils Jacobson	...	Orgy Zombie #1/Revolutionary Zombie #1
Josh Ford	...	Orgy Zombie #2/Revolutionary Zombie #5
Stan Steel	...	Orgy Zombie #3/Revolutionary Zombie #4
Michael Shade	...	Orgy Zombie #4/Revolutionary Zombie #3
Marcel Hoffmann	...	Orgy Zombie #5/Revolutionary Zombie #2
Florian Manns	...	Orgy Zombie #6
Lars Freimann	...	Orgy Zombie #7
Luc Nostnad	...	Orgy Zombie #8
Fabrice	...	Orgy Zombie #9

Directed by
Bruce La Bruce		(as Bruce LaBruce)

Writing credits
Bruce La Bruce		(written by) (as Bruce LaBruce)

Produced by
Bruce Bailey	....	co-producer
Jürgen Brüning	....	producer
Leonard Farlinger	....	co-producer
Alfredo Ferran Calle	....	co-producer
Jörn Hartmann	....	producer
Michael Huber	....	producer
Jennifer Jonas	....	producer
Terrence Koh	....	co-producer
Bruce La Bruce	....	producer (as Bruce LaBruce)
Claus Matthes	....	co-producer
Javier Peres	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mikael Karlsson

Cinematography by
James Carman

Film Editing by
Jörn Hartmann
Bruce La Bruce

Casting by
Kathryn Brink

Production Design by
Stefan Dickfeld

Art Direction by
Stefan Dickfeld

Costume Design by
Rick Owens

Makeup Department
Pascal Herr	....	key makeup artist
Pascale Jean-Louis	....	makeup artist
Tan Binh Nguyen	....	makeup artist: Ms. Klewinghaus

Production Management
Claus Matthes	....	production supervisor
Hendrik Schäfer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sébastien Martinez Barat	....	assistant director (as Sébastien M. Barat)
Hendrik Schäfer	....	assistant director

Art Department
Christophe Chemin	....	illustrator
Tristan Jalleh	....	illustrator
Nicolas Koenigsknecht	....	art department
Nicholas Fox Ricciardi	....	assistant property master: indoor
Michael Stock	....	art department
Ole Voss	....	property master: outdoor

Sound Department
Angela Anderson	....	boom operator
Jörn Hartmann	....	sound designer
Joe Morrow	....	sound re-recording assistant
Diego Reiwald	....	sound recordist
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Bidner	....	still photographer
Michael Bidner	....	third camera operator
Maria Cyber	....	still photographer
Jörn Hartmann	....	still photographer
István Imre	....	steadicam operator (as Istvan Imreh)
Caroline Krugmann	....	first assistant camera (as Caro Krugmann)
Jan Kruschel	....	best boy
Bruce La Bruce	....	still photographer (as Bruce LaBruce)
Ralf Langer	....	best boy
Mark Müller	....	best boy
Mark Müller	....	grip
Kristian Petersen	....	second camera operator
Sören Salzer	....	head gaffer
Igor Schüttpelz	....	best boy
Oliver Senkpaul	....	crane operator
Oliver Senkpaul	....	grip
Alfio Tombolato	....	best boy
Kim Whaley	....	second assistant camera

Animation Department
Annette Jung	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Käthe Lehnhof	....	wardrobe
Asha Mines	....	costume assistant
Despina Zacharopoulou	....	wardrobe assistant

Music Department
Kevin Banks	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Alex Döring	....	driver
Torsten Meyer	....	driver
Ena Schnitzlbaumer	....	driver

Other crew
Gamma Bak	....	assistant: Mr. Brüning
Olivia Barth	....	clapboard operator
Olivia Barth	....	production assistant
Alexandra Demetriou	....	research assistant
Tony Duarte	....	legal counsel
Michael Hofner	....	publicist
Wiebke Hoogklimmer	....	script supervisor
Nina Kharytonova	....	office assistant
Nina Kharytonova	....	production assistant
Lily Kiera	....	location scout
Stefan Kuschner	....	set supervisor
Irene Kustos	....	cleaning
Claus Matthes	....	office manager
Henner Merle	....	legal counsel
Jeremy Morris	....	research assistant
Alex Roccolli	....	choreographer
Hendrik Schäfer	....	location scout
Nadia Tavazzani	....	research assistant
Alfio Tombolato	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion
• Existential Crisis Productions
• New Real Films (co-production)

Distributors

• GMfilms (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Kojo Pictures (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Outplay (2011) (France) (all media)
• Peccadillo Pictures (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Strand Releasing (2008) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Canada Council for the Arts  funding
• Dienst und Leistung  catering
• Ontario Arts Council  funding

Also Known As:

"Otto" - Australia
"Otto aneb mrtvoly, ozijte" - Czech Republic (festival title)
"Otto, czyli niech zyja umarlaki" - Poland (imdb display title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Germany | Canada

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:R | Australia:R (2008) | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Not Rated | UK:18 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion

Quotes:

Otto:The living all seem like the same person to me and I don't think I like that person very much.

Movie Connections:

References The Razor's Edge (1946)

Soundtrack:

Scanning Drum

"The living all seem like the same person to me, and i don't like that person very much"

b-grade gay zombie porn semi-mockumentary. repetitive, irritating sound design, jokes milked longer than they should. for some, there's not enough blood and guts. for others, there's not enough porn.

But all LaBruce's films are bad! that is his charm and the charm of no-budget Cult Films! if you expect more, you won't be alone. but if you expect perfection, then you're a fool. like all those people who complained after seeing Tomb Raider or the Super Mario Brothers Movie - what did you expect?

Otto is fun. it's certainly original. it's gay politics are obvious, but accurate. the jokes range from falling flat to funny to shocking. it's polarizing, memorable and thanks to Fritz (Marcel Schlutt), it's damn sexy to watch.

Otto needs to be watched at a film festival amongst the typical gay indie films that are more sincere than their film makers can give credit to. Only then will something like SkinFlick's 'monkey rape' and Hustler White 'Stumping' hit you with the full impact that it should

like SkinGang - can't wait for the full-porno version of Otto