Otto; or, Up with Dead People

Sep 18 2008 Not Rated 1h 34m
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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.

Plot

Otto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis wandering the streets of the city, until one day he auditions for a zombie film...

Written by

Bruce La Bruce

Directed by

Bruce La Bruce

Cast

Jey Crisfar, Marcel Schlutt, Nicholas Fox Ricciardi

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada, Germany

Languages

Deutsch, English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
Otto; or, Up with Dead People - Extended Trailer, G-Rated
Scores
# of Votes
2,158
Average Rating
5.2 out of 10
Metascore
34
Popularity
NA