Angst
“Based on a true story.”
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
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Cast
30 people
Erwin Leder
Psychopath
Known for
Underworld
Das Boot
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Psychopath (voice)
Known for
The Saboteurs
Labyrinth of Lies
Silvia Rabenreither
Daughter
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Karin Springer
Daughter (voice)
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Edith Rosset
Mother
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Josefine Lakatha
Mother (voice) / Passer-by
Rudolf Götz
Son
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Renate Kastelik
Taxi Driver
Also in
Das Lustschloss im Spessart
Hermann Groissenberger
Guest at café
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Claudia Schinko
Guest at café
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Beate Jurkowitsch
Guest at café
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Rosa Schandl
Waitress at café
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Gerald Kargl Director · Zbigniew Rybczyński Writer Klaus Schulze Composer
Budget $472K · United States release January 1, 1983 · Produced in Austria
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Budget
$472,000
Production
Gerald Kargl
Production
Austria
Produced in
Tango
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1983
Theatrical
Austria · October 28, 1983
Limited theatrical · Vienna
United States · August 18, 2015
Physical
United States
June 10, 2015 · Limited theatrical
Australia
October 29, 2025 · Physical
Belgium
January 1, 1984 · Physical · VHS
Canada
July 1, 1998 · Premiere
July 16, 2015 · Premiere · Rue Morgue's CineMacabre Movie Nights
France
January 1, 1984 · Physical · VHS
January 1, 2006 · Premiere · Fantastic'Arts
July 4, 2012 · Physical
Germany
February 1, 1984 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
June 1, 2006 · Physical
Japan
January 1, 1984 · Physical · VHS
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