Nekromantik 2 (1991)

Interesting facts

• Filmed in: Germany

Nekromantik 2: Die Rückkehr der Liebenden Toten is a 1991 German horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit and a sequel to his 1988 film Nekromantik. The highly controversial film about necrophilia was seized by authorities in Munich 12 days after its release, an action that had no precedent in Germany since the Nazi era.

Production

The shooting of the film occurred in September and October 1990. The editing of the film was completed by April 1991. The film was shot in Berlin on 16 mm film. The film was originally planned to last 85 minutes, but the print shown at the Berlin premiere lasted 111 minutes. It was soon shortened to 104 minutes, after removing "unimportant bits and pieces" from various scenes. Reportedly, no scene of the film was completely removed.

The film within a film in the movie theater scene is a parody of My Dinner with Andre (1981). In the original film, two men sit at a dinner table and philosophize for two hours. The parody film has a nude man and woman (Wolfgang Müller and Käthe Kruse) sitting outdoors, eating numerous boiled eggs and conversing on topics of ornithology. The parody film is shot in black-and-white, maintaining an authentic look for an art film.

The role of Monika was not written with a specific actress in mind. The creators of the film placed an advertisement in a magazine, looking for a person for the role. There were about 40 applicants, but none was deemed satisfying. Eventually Franz Rodenkirchen recruited Monika M., a woman who he met by chance in a movie theater. He was initially impressed that this woman was a fan of Lucio Fulci films.

The role of Mark required the actor Mark Reeder to smoke, but he had no intention to take up smoking for the sake of art. So, the creators revised the role to have Mark as a non-smoker.

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