---
title: 'Begotten (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'E. Elias Merhige'
released: '1989-10-24'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/begotten-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101420/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Begotten (1989)

1989 · 78 min · Fantasy, Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Begotten is a 1989 American experimental horror film written and directed by E. Elias Merhige. It stars the largely unknown actors Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry and members of Merhige's theatre company Theatreofmaterial. Its unconventional narrative depicts the suicide of a godlike figure and the births of Mother Earth and the Son of Earth, who undertake a journey across a dying world. Merhige directed two short film sequels: 2006's Din of Celestial Birds and 2022's Polia & Blastema: A Cosmic Opera.

## Credits

- **Director:** [E. Elias Merhige](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-elias-merhige)
- **Screenplay:** [E. Elias Merhige](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-elias-merhige)
- **Producer:** [E. Elias Merhige](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-elias-merhige)
- **Director of Photography:** [E. Elias Merhige](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-elias-merhige)

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