Anita: Dances of Vice

Summary In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous figure of post-WWI Berlin. (Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928, having achieved significant success and recognition throughout the dance world.) Frau Kutowski is placed in a mental hospital, where in her own mind she acts out Berber's final days, including in her fantasies the hospital's staff and patients, to represent Anita's friends and associates. She relives the adventures, scandals, triumphs, trials and tribulations of Anita Berber, and finally merges her own real existence with that of her imagination, until fantasy actually becomes reality. The film makes use of both color (Expressionist style) and black & white (documentary style) to draw the line between fantasy and reality, respectively. Watch how this line is crossed over! View more details

Anita: Dances of Vice

Directed : Rosa von Praunheim

Written : Lotti Huber Marianne Enzensberger Hannelene Limpach

Stars : Lotti Huber Ina Blum Mikael Honesseau Tilmann Lehnert

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Genres : Comedy Drama

Release date : Feb 24, 1988

Countries of origin : West Germany

Language : German

Filming locations : Berlin, Germany

Production companies : Road Movies Filmproduktion Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Exportfilm Bischoff & Co.

Summary In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous figure of post-WWI Berlin. (Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928, having achieved significant success and recognition throughout the dance world.) Frau Kutowski is placed in a mental hospital, where in her own mind she acts out Berber's final days, including in her fantasies the hospital's staff and patients, to represent Anita's friends and associates. She relives the adventures, scandals, triumphs, trials and tribulations of Anita Berber, and finally merges her own real existence with that of her imagination, until fantasy actually becomes reality. The film makes use of both color (Expressionist style) and black & white (documentary style) to draw the line between fantasy and reality, respectively. Watch how this line is crossed over! View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Drama

Release date : Feb 24, 1988

Countries of origin : West Germany

Language : German

Filming locations : Berlin, Germany

Production companies : Road Movies Filmproduktion Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Exportfilm Bischoff & Co.

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Was heißt hier Oma!

Was heißt hier Oma!

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