Marian Dora is the pseudonym most commonly used by an anonymous German director cinematographer actor screenwriter editor producer composer assistant director makeup artist special effectssoundcameraelectricity technician and set decoratordesigner anagram of his actual name occasionally also credited under several other pseudonyms Doras main influence is the European cinema of the 70s he is a great admirer of the work of Italian directors Gualtiero Jacopetti Ruggero Deodato and Sergio Martino as well as of composers Riz Ortolani Pippo Caruso Ennio Morricone and Guido Maurizio De Angelis Europes literary and poetical tradition is another major influence on Dora many dialogues in his films contain references to the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Eduard Mörike Georg Büchner Marquis de Sade Friedrich Nietzsche and many others