Horror vacui (film)
Horror Vacui (German: Horror Vacui - Die Angst vor der Leere) is a 1984 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim.[1] Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called "Optimal Optimism". 'Madame C', a former Nazi party member, is the leader of 'Optimal Optimism'. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.[1]
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Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
Produced by | Rosa von Praunheim |
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Music by | Marran Gosov |
Cinematography | Elfi Mikesch |
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Production company | Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion |
Release date | 5 October 1984 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Budget | DEM 350,000 |
Cast
- Lotti Huber as Madame C
- Joaquin La Habana as cult member
- Folkert Milster as Frankie
- Friedrich Steinhauer as Friedrich
- Günter Thews as cult member
- Ingrid van Bergen as Journalistin
- Tom Vogt (credited as Thomas Vogt) as Hannes
Notes
- Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 109
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References
- Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2
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