Directing

Marian Dora

Place of birth

Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

49 titles

Marian Dora is the pseudonym of an anonymous German filmmaker known for taking on nearly every role in his productions. His name is an anagram of his real one, and he sometimes uses other aliases. Dora is heavily influenced by 1970s European cinema, particularly the works of Italian directors like Gualtiero Jacopetti, Ruggero Deodato, and Sergio Martino, as well as composers such as Riz Ortolani and Ennio Morricone. His films often reference European literary figures like Goethe, Nietzsche, and the Marquis de Sade.

Known for

Melancholie der Engel poster
3.9

Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.

Melancholie der Engel

2009

Blight of Humanity poster
6.0

A Sunday walk through the late summer landscape leads not only to a small lake, but also to the abyss of human existence. Dominance and oppression, superiority and humiliation serve for an alleged "incarnation".

Blight of Humanity

2018

Cannibal poster
5.0

Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.

Cannibal

2006

The Profane Exhibit poster
3.4

Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.

The Profane Exhibit

2013

Voyage to Agatis poster
4.5

A seemingly innocent and pleasant yachting cruise under the sun will entice a young prostitute to a dreamy vacation, however, before the end of the day, she will run for her life, hoping to wake up from a demented nightmare.

Voyage to Agatis

2010

Zombie Nation poster
2.9

A psycho cop has a habit for pulling over random women and taking them to an abandoned warehouse, where he tortures and kills them. He gets what's coming to him when a pack of zombie women rise from their graves in order to get proper revenge.

Zombie Nation

2004

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films poster
7.0

Delves into the history of the most extreme and shocking films that have ever been made. chronicles the timeline of Red Films: those films that are too extreme for the mainstream and historically have been circulated via the bootleg circuit.

Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films

2019

Debris Documentar poster
4.7

The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

Debris Documentar

2012

Revisiting Melancholie der Engel poster
3.0

"Revisiting Melancholie der Engel" follows in the tracks of Marian Dora's infamous "Melancholie der Engel" ("The Angels' Melancholia"). Locations, stories and, of course, Marian himself.

Revisiting Melancholie der Engel

2017

No artwork available
NR

Gustav Ljungdahl talks about the making of Marian Dora's "Das Verlangen der Maria D."

Shooting Underground

2019

Lektion der Unvernunft poster
NR

"Lesson of Unreason" a film by Dr. Uwe Jordan (Text: Dr. Thomas Hardtmuth). The rainforest is a fascinating natural paradise. But the destruction of the tropical rainforest continues to progress. In just one hour, an area the size of 8,000 football fields disappears. Intact and healthy ecosystems are lost forever, irretrievably. What remains is poverty and destruction. The film is told by two senior surgeons at the Heidenheim Clinic who traveled to the rainforest in Indonesia for the first time and brought these recordings back with them. A unique and impressive film document was created. The two surgeons accompanied the doctor and biologist, Dr. Dr. Bernhard Lohr (chairman of the association "Faszination Regenwald e.V." - www.verein-faszination-regenwald.de), on a trip to one of the last rainforests in Borneo at the foot of Mount Meratus, which is sacred to the locals.

Lektion der Unvernunft

2019

No artwork available
NR

Actor Jörg Wischnauski talks about his role in Marian Dora's "Pesthauch der Menschlichkeit".

Tribut der Unmenschlichkeit

2019

Behind the camera

Melancholie der Engel poster
3.9

Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.

Melancholie der Engel

2009

Melancholie der Engel poster
3.9

Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.

Melancholie der Engel

2009

Melancholie der Engel poster
3.9

Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.

Melancholie der Engel

2009

Blight of Humanity poster
6.0

A Sunday walk through the late summer landscape leads not only to a small lake, but also to the abyss of human existence. Dominance and oppression, superiority and humiliation serve for an alleged "incarnation".

Blight of Humanity

2018

Blight of Humanity poster
6.0

A Sunday walk through the late summer landscape leads not only to a small lake, but also to the abyss of human existence. Dominance and oppression, superiority and humiliation serve for an alleged "incarnation".

Blight of Humanity

2018

Blight of Humanity poster
6.0

A Sunday walk through the late summer landscape leads not only to a small lake, but also to the abyss of human existence. Dominance and oppression, superiority and humiliation serve for an alleged "incarnation".

Blight of Humanity

2018

Cannibal poster
5.0

Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.

Cannibal

2006

Cannibal poster
5.0

Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.

Cannibal

2006

Cannibal poster
5.0

Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.

Cannibal

2006

The Profane Exhibit poster
3.4

Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.

The Profane Exhibit

2013

Voyage to Agatis poster
4.5

A seemingly innocent and pleasant yachting cruise under the sun will entice a young prostitute to a dreamy vacation, however, before the end of the day, she will run for her life, hoping to wake up from a demented nightmare.

Voyage to Agatis

2010

Voyage to Agatis poster
4.5

A seemingly innocent and pleasant yachting cruise under the sun will entice a young prostitute to a dreamy vacation, however, before the end of the day, she will run for her life, hoping to wake up from a demented nightmare.

Voyage to Agatis

2010

Voyage to Agatis poster
4.5

A seemingly innocent and pleasant yachting cruise under the sun will entice a young prostitute to a dreamy vacation, however, before the end of the day, she will run for her life, hoping to wake up from a demented nightmare.

Voyage to Agatis

2010

Zombie Nation poster
2.9

A psycho cop has a habit for pulling over random women and taking them to an abandoned warehouse, where he tortures and kills them. He gets what's coming to him when a pack of zombie women rise from their graves in order to get proper revenge.

Zombie Nation

2004

Carcinoma poster
5.3

The trials and tribulations of a man diagnosed with colorectal cancer who refuses treatment and establishes a carnal fixation on the tumor that slowly siphons the life out of him.

Carcinoma

2014

Carcinoma poster
5.3

The trials and tribulations of a man diagnosed with colorectal cancer who refuses treatment and establishes a carnal fixation on the tumor that slowly siphons the life out of him.

Carcinoma

2014

Carcinoma poster
5.3

The trials and tribulations of a man diagnosed with colorectal cancer who refuses treatment and establishes a carnal fixation on the tumor that slowly siphons the life out of him.

Carcinoma

2014

Debris Documentar poster
4.7

The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

Debris Documentar

2012

Debris Documentar poster
4.7

The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

Debris Documentar

2012

Debris Documentar poster
4.7

The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

Debris Documentar

2012

Debris Documentar poster
4.7

The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

Debris Documentar

2012

Journey into Perversion poster
NR

A short film about the production of Incubus by Jess Franco.

Journey into Perversion

2001

The Yearning of Maria D. poster
5.2

On a trip to the Aegean, Maria D., who lives withdrawn and is shy of people, is confronted with the impressions of an archaic culture. Fascinated by the morbidity and religiosity of the people living on a Cycladic island, she decides to put an end to her loneliness.

The Yearning of Maria D.

2018

The Yearning of Maria D. poster
5.2

On a trip to the Aegean, Maria D., who lives withdrawn and is shy of people, is confronted with the impressions of an archaic culture. Fascinated by the morbidity and religiosity of the people living on a Cycladic island, she decides to put an end to her loneliness.

The Yearning of Maria D.

2018

The Yearning of Maria D. poster
5.2

On a trip to the Aegean, Maria D., who lives withdrawn and is shy of people, is confronted with the impressions of an archaic culture. Fascinated by the morbidity and religiosity of the people living on a Cycladic island, she decides to put an end to her loneliness.

The Yearning of Maria D.

2018

GORE TAPES poster
NR

With a duration of 150 minutes, GORE TAPES includes trailers for films distributed by the label from 2019 to today, but also those of some of the new releases arriving in the coming months. Among these we remember the trailers for Orozco the Embalmer, Lucker the Necrophagous, The Life and Death Of a Porno Gang, Trypophobic Possession, films by Aldo Lado, Marian Dora, Andrey Iskanov, Jonathan Doe, Domiziano Cristopharo, Scott Schirmer, Brett Mullen and many other titles among the most extreme in the catalogue.

GORE TAPES

2024

Der Puppenschänder II poster
10.0

In a cramped apartment, a naked man caresses himself in an equivocal manner with a small doll. A visitor rings the bell. The two men shake hands and begin to chat quietly. Their meeting seems to be a date where they will indulge in a masochistic sexual game. But very quickly, the events will degenerate. This is when the doll comes into play.

Der Puppenschänder II

2000

No artwork available
NR

Herbert Fux talks about his role in the 1970 film "Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält" also known as "Mark of the Devil"

The Devil's Torturer

2004

Morbid Montage poster
NR

Short film directed by Marian Dora. Cut together from the unreleased short "Hänsel & Gretel" and Lommel's Boogeyman: Reincarnation.

Morbid Montage

2018

Thomas and Marco poster
5.2

The film is a documentary that explores the world of two underground actors, Thomas Goersch and Marco Klammer, through conversations, reflections and previously unseen content, offering a glimpse into their world and into the creative process of director Marian Dora.

Thomas and Marco

2022

Thomas and Marco poster
5.2

The film is a documentary that explores the world of two underground actors, Thomas Goersch and Marco Klammer, through conversations, reflections and previously unseen content, offering a glimpse into their world and into the creative process of director Marian Dora.

Thomas and Marco

2022

Thomas and Marco poster
5.2

The film is a documentary that explores the world of two underground actors, Thomas Goersch and Marco Klammer, through conversations, reflections and previously unseen content, offering a glimpse into their world and into the creative process of director Marian Dora.

Thomas and Marco

2022

Thomas and Marco poster
5.2

The film is a documentary that explores the world of two underground actors, Thomas Goersch and Marco Klammer, through conversations, reflections and previously unseen content, offering a glimpse into their world and into the creative process of director Marian Dora.

Thomas and Marco

2022

Sad Impression poster
NR

A man returns home, only to meet his tragic end.

Sad Impression

2004

In Memoriam Carl Andersen poster
NR

Marian Dora short film.

In Memoriam Carl Andersen

2012

In Memoriam Carl Andersen poster
NR

Marian Dora short film.

In Memoriam Carl Andersen

2012

White Gardenia: The King James Bible poster
NR

An epic-scaled avant-garde underground project that will cover both the Old and New Testament, featuring segments from various filmmakers and their beautifully extreme visions of the myriad of biblical stories.

White Gardenia: The King James Bible

2026

A Springtime Morning poster
10.0

This short experimental film by Marian Dora combines the images of springtime and the autopsy of an old man; accompanied with organ music.

A Springtime Morning

2016

Provokation poster
4.7

A man abuses and kills a woman.

Provokation

2002

Erotic Fantasy poster
NR

A short film by Marian Dora

Erotic Fantasy

2011