

Polaris
In 1890s Alaska, an ice photographer meets the Devil.

26 directors, 26 ways to die.
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Frau Scheisse (voice)

Beat Down Dude (segment "D is for Dogfight")
Bobo (segment "X is for XXL")

Lainey (segment "V is for Vagitus")
Female Boxer (segment "D is for Dogfight")
Lulu (segment "S is for Speed")
Roxanne (segment "S is for Speed")

Yoshie (segment "F is for Fart")

Bruno (segment "Cycle")

A Bad Guy (segment "X is for XXL")

Executioner (segment "J is for Jidai-geki")

Female Detective (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")

Salaryman 4 (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")

Nezbit (segment "V is for Vagitus")
Man (segment "A is for Apocalypse")

The Girl (segment: XXL)
Rice Woman (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")

Government Spokesman (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")

Woman (segment "A is for Apocalypse")

The Paramedic (segment "R is for Removed")


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