Directing

Andreas Marschall

Born 1961-01-13 · Karlsruhe, Germany

Andreas Marschall is a German film director, screenwriter, and illustrator renowned for his contributions to the horror genre. He began his career as a record cover artist for rock and metal bands, creating iconic artwork for groups like Kreator, King Diamond, and Blind Guardian. Transitioning into filmmaking, Marschall directed notable films such as Tears of Kali (2004), Masks (2011), and co-directed the anthology German Angst (2015). His work is characterized by atmospheric storytelling and a deep understanding of horror aesthetics, solidifying his status in contemporary German cinema.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Strange Encounters poster
8.0

Four nerve-wracking psychological thrillers in short film format. Cruel games with drastic endings. Each time a woman is involved, a knife, a murder...

Strange Encounters

1989

German Angst poster
5.3

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

German Angst

2015

German Angst poster
5.3

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

German Angst

2015

Tears of Kali poster
5.2

Composed of three episodes—titled Kali, Shakti, and Devi—and linked within a narrative framework, it tells the story of the Taylor-Eriksson group, its members, and their extreme practices in search of awareness and liberation from karma. These practices, spiraling into violence and sex, ultimately turn into real nightmares.

Tears of Kali

2004

Tears of Kali poster
5.2

Composed of three episodes—titled Kali, Shakti, and Devi—and linked within a narrative framework, it tells the story of the Taylor-Eriksson group, its members, and their extreme practices in search of awareness and liberation from karma. These practices, spiraling into violence and sex, ultimately turn into real nightmares.

Tears of Kali

2004

Tears of Kali poster
5.2

Composed of three episodes—titled Kali, Shakti, and Devi—and linked within a narrative framework, it tells the story of the Taylor-Eriksson group, its members, and their extreme practices in search of awareness and liberation from karma. These practices, spiraling into violence and sex, ultimately turn into real nightmares.

Tears of Kali

2004

Heart of Stone poster
6.2

Peter and Lisbeth are two young but unfortunate lovers living in a rigid rural community in the Black Forest. She comes from a wealthy family of glassblowers; he is a poor coal worker on the lower end of society. To become rich and respected, Peter makes a pact with a devil named Dutch Michael, who rips out his heart and replaces it with a stone. Robbed of all warmth and feeling, Peter becomes a cold-hearted go-getter who rapidly achieves his goals. Ruthlessly he strives for money and power.

Heart of Stone

2016

Deathcember poster
5.3

Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days.

Deathcember

2019

Deathcember poster
5.3

Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days.

Deathcember

2019

Masks poster
5.7

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the „Matteusz Gdula“-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...

Masks

2011

Masks poster
5.7

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the „Matteusz Gdula“-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...

Masks

2011

Masks poster
5.7

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the „Matteusz Gdula“-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...

Masks

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Thri3ller

2003

Der Kali Prozess poster
NR

In a acting school in Berlin. The mysterious Elia organizes a course for improving the acting talents, which he calls the "Kali-Process". This technique he learned mid-80s by the infamous "Taylor-Eriksson-Group" in a camp in India. 3 students attend the course and be picked up by Elia on a dangerous journey in their innermost self, which develops into a dangerous trip for everyone involved. Thematically related precursor to "Tears of Kali"(2004).

Der Kali Prozess

2003

Black.White.Red. poster
NR

Somewhere in a blurry space between the life and death instincts, BLACK.WHITE.RED. is a contemplative dream in front of the inner eye, shortly before one's own demise. A film that invites you to decipher it, but then refuses to explain it.

Black.White.Red.

2024

No artwork available
7.0

A grisly horror story about a mad scientist is mixed with documentary about the German band "Kreator".

Hallucinative Comas

1991

No artwork available
NR

Two filmmaking friends hang out in Rome and make a Super 8 documentary together. Their journey begins at the home of actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice (Cannibal Ferox) and ends at the home of director Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust).

From Roma With Love

2016