Egomania: Island Without Hope
5.5
“The Greatest Love Drama of All Time”
Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.
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Cast
17 people
Udo Kier
Baron Tante Teufel
Known for
Hunters
Blade
Tilda Swinton
Sally
Known for
Doctor Strange
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Helge Schneider
Christoph Schlingensief
Frank Rehberg
Uwe Fellensiek
William
Known for
Just Desserts
Manta, Manta
Anna Fechter
Ria
Also in
Menu Total
Mother's Mask
Dominikus Probst
Anastasia Kudelka
Anastasia
Also in
Idiots' Battle
Mother's Mask
Tom Dokoupil
Sergej Gleithmann
Anatol
Known for
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
Ella Johnson
Christoph Schlingensief Director · Helge Schneider Composer Tom Dokoupil Composer
First release October 24, 1986 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German, Serbo-Croatian
Production
DEM Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Serbo-Croatian
Release dates
Germany · October 24, 1986
Premiere · Hofer Filmtage
Germany · May 20, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 24, 1988 · TV
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