Horror Vacui
7.0
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.
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Lotti Huber
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Cecil Brown
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Rosa von Praunheim Director · Marianne Enzensberger Writer Cecil Brown Writer
First release September 27, 1984 · Produced in Germany · Production WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Production
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Production
WDR
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 27, 1984
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No release date listed for United States.
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