Lifespan
C doctor trying to develop a serum to lengthen life tries his formula out on the unsuspecting residents of an old-age home.Mourning the death of a colleague who dabbled in the secrets of immortality, an American scientist (Hiram Keller) traces his dead friend’s associations to a reclusive industrialist known as “the Swiss Man.” When this mystery man turns out to be the maniacal (surprise, surprise) Klaus Kinski, the possibilities of subverting the laws of both God and man become terrifying and tragic. Cult icon Klaus Kinski features in this dark and intriguing existential thriller. He plays the mysterious “Swiss Man” – ruthless industrialist Nicolas Ulrich – who is obsessed with a search for the elixir of life. He tricks a young American scientist into joining him on his demonic quest. A quest that ends in suicide, death and madness.
