Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World
“The Artist Who Designed Ridley Scott's Alien”
2014•1h 36m•6.9•Released
Documentary
An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.
Director
Belinda Sallin
Writer
Belinda Sallin
Languages
English, German
Studio
T&C Film
Cast
H. R. Giger
Self
Leslie Barany
Self
Sandra Beretta
Self
Mia Bonzanigo
Self
Tom Gabriel Fischer
Self
Stanislav Grof
Self
Production
Company
T&C Film
Company
Lucky Film
Company
SRF
Company
SRG SSR
Producer
Marcel Hoehn
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