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
Directed : Rosa von Praunheim
Written : Lotti Huber Marianne Enzensberger Hannelene Limpach
Stars : Lotti Huber Ina Blum Mikael Honesseau Tilmann Lehnert
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
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.
