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'''Andreas Bethmann''' is a German film director, producer, and [[screenwriter]]. Beginning his career making horror films, Bethmann moved on to [[hardcore pornography]] in the late 1990s, and then to fusions of the two genres, which typically feature prolonged scenes of [[Rape pornography|rape]], torture, and gore. His style of filmmaking has been compared to those of [[Joe D'Amato]]<ref name = "TWCM">{{cite web|url = http://thelastexit.net/cinema/bethmann.html|title = Andreas Bethmann|last = |first = |publisher = The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre|date = |website = thelastexit.net|accessdate = 30 July 2013}}</ref> and [[Jesús Franco]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.filmbizarro.com/view_review.php?review=rossavenezia.php|title = ''Rossa Venezia''|last = Carlsson|first = Ronny|publisher = Film Bizarro|date = |website = filmbizarro.com|accessdate = 30 July 2013}}</ref> (who made [[cameo appearance]]s in several of Bethmann's projects).

Along with making films, Bethmann distributes them through the label X-Rated Kultvideo, acts as editor for magazines such as ''X-Rated'' and ''Art of Horror'', and has authored a number of books, including ''Deep Wet Torture Handbook, [[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Freitag der 13]]. Chronicles, Jess Franco Chronicles, Deep Red Gore Handbook: Die 100 blutigsten Horrorfilme, [[Porno Holocaust]] - die Filme des Joe D'Amato'' and ''[[The Beyond (1981 film)|Über dem Jenseits]] - die Filme des [[Lucio Fulci]]''.

== Partial filmography ==
Bethmann's films are usually released in multiple versions, such as censored or [[director's cut]]s.<ref name = "TWCM"/> While his work is predominantly straight and lesbian-themed, a few of his films have had male on male scenes, examples of these being ''Notgeile Knastjulen zur Unzucht erzogen'' <ref>{{cite web|url = http://daydreamer-theplayground.blogspot.ca/2012/01/dvd-review-notgeile-knastjulen-zur.html|title = DVD Review: ''Notgeile Knastjulen Zur Unzucht Erzogen'' (Video 2004)|last = Jorgen|first = Lundin|publisher = Independent Flicks|date = 3 January 2012|website = daydreamer-theplayground.blogspot.ca|accessdate = 31 July 2013}}</ref> and ''Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.filmbizarro.com/view_review.php?review=angelofdeath2.php|title = ''Angel of Death 2''|last = Carnell|first = Preston|publisher = Film Bizarro|date = |website = filmbizarro.com|accessdate = 31 July 2013}}</ref>

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! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Film
! colspan="5" | Function
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! style="width:65px;"| [[Film director|Director]]
! style="width:65px;"| [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! style="width:65px;"| [[Film producer|Producer]]
! style="width:65px;"| [[Actor]]
! Role
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| 1988
| ''Begrabt ihn tief''
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| {{yes}}
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|Unreleased
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| 1994
| ''Das Weststadt Massaker''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 1994
| ''Der Totenhügel''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 1995
| ''Hügel der lebenden Toten - Totenhügel 2''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 
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| 1996
| ''Tanz der Kürbisköpfe''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 1998
| ''Unhappy End''
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| {{yes}}
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| 1998
| ''Die Insel der Dämonen''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 1998
| ''Der Todesengel''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Police Photographer
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| 1999
| ''Mutation''
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| {{yes}}
| Leaving Guest in Restaurant
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|-
| 1999
| ''Die geheimen Spiele junger Mädchen''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 1999
| ''Deadly Enemy''
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| {{yes}}
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| 2000
| ''Vegetarierinnen zur Fleischeslust gezwungen''
| {{yes}}
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| 2000
| ''Dämonenbrut''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Soldier
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| 2001
| ''Psychokill - Tod der Schmetterlinge''
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| {{yes}}
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| 2001
| ''Schulmädchen-Report 2000: Feuchte Mösen nach Schulschluß''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 2002
| ''Vegetarierinnen zur Fleischeslust gezwungen Part 2''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 2003
| ''Rossa Venezia''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 2004
| ''Notgeile Knastjulen zur Unzucht erzogen''
| {{yes}}
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| 2004
| ''Killerbus''
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| {{yes}}
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| 2005
| ''Knastjulen 2 - Zur Sau gemacht''
| {{yes}}
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| 2006
| ''Exitus Interruptus''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| Spin-off of ''Vegetarierinnen zur Fleischeslust gezwungen''
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| 2007
| ''Intime Geständnisse geschlechtsreifer Nymphomaninnen''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 2007
| ''Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Doctor Morpho
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| 2008
| ''Exitus II: House of Pain''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 2009
| ''[[K3: Prison of Hell]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Doctor Bertucci
| Spin-off of ''Notgeile Knastjulen zur Unzucht erzogen''
|-
| 2013
| ''Help me I am Dead - Die Geschichte der Anderen''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Mike
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| 2014
| ''Terror Creek''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0079194}}


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