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Dead still, produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan

eng

videorecording

"Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, drug use, and disturbing images"--Container

Not rated

Dead still

1160200516

Originally broadcast as a television miniseries in 2020

produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan

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Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor"Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset ... makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy ... and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy ... Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, tenacious detective Frederick Regan ... drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. With a killer on the loose and a black-market trade for illicit pictures growing every more dangerous, will Blennerhasset save his job or end up as dead as one of this subjects?"--, Container

Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 (approximately 191 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-6 (approximately 105 min.)Bonus feature: Behind the scenes of "Dead still" (63 min.)

adult

live action