Marian Dora

Biography

Marian Dora is the pseudonym of an anonymous German filmmaker known for taking on nearly every role in his productions. His name is an anagram of his real one, and he sometimes uses other aliases. Dora is heavily influenced by 1970s European cinema, particularly the works of Italian directors like Gualtiero Jacopetti, Ruggero Deodato, and Sergio Martino, as well as composers such as Riz Ortolani and Ennio Morricone. His films often reference European literary figures like Goethe, Nietzsche, and the Marquis de Sade.

Directed

1. Melancholie der Engel (2009) — Director
2. Cannibal (2006) — Director
3. Carcinoma (2014) — Director
4. Voyage to Agatis (2010) — Director
5. The Profane Exhibit (2013) — Director
6. Debris Documentar (2012) — Director
7. Blight of Humanity (2018) — Director
8. The Yearning of Maria D. (2018) — Director
9. Provokation (2002) — Director
10. Thomas and Marco (2022) — Director
11. Polydipsia (2004) — Director
12. The Dead of San Angelo (2001) — Director
13. Der Puppenschänder II (2000) — Director
14. Carnophage (2000) — Director
15. Es geschah in Gotha (1997) — Director
16. Sane Impression 1 (2005) — Director
17. Caribbean Sunrise (2002) — Director
18. Christian B. (1996) — Director
19. A Springtime Morning (2016) — Director
20. Under Cemetery 2: Guanajuato (1999) — Director
21. Sane Impression 2 (2005) — Director
22. Sad Impression (2004) — Director
23. Journey into Perversion (2001) — Director
24. Erotic Fantasy (2011) — Director
25. Vita Minima (2000) — Director
26. Science (1998) — Director
27. Opus Hominis 2 (1996) — Director
28. Erotic Fulfillment (2010) — Director
29. Proud Off (1991) — Director
30. The Devil's Torturer (2004) — Director
31. Morbid Montage (2018) — Director
32. Mors in Tabula (2013) — Director
33. Silencio Dei Morti (1998) — Director
34. Cadavericon (2002) — Director
35. Opus Hominis (1996) — Director
36. GORE TAPES (2024) — Director
37. White Gardenia: The King James Bible (2026) — Director
38. In Memoriam Carl Andersen (2012) — Director
39. Sommerliebelei (2014) — Director
40. Hommage an Peter Martell (2017) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Zombie Nation (2004) — Orderly
2. Debris Documentar (2012) — Himself
3. Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films (2019) — Self
4. Revisiting Melancholie der Engel (2017) — Himself
5. Shooting Underground (2019) — Self (voice)
6. Tribut der Unmenschlichkeit (2019) — (archive footage)
7. Warum läuft Herr W. Amok? (2021)
8. Lektion der Unvernunft (2019) — Narrator
9. Under The Ground (2022) — Self