Horror Vacui

Horror Vacui

1984
1h 25m
4.1

4.1/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion WDR
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date September 27, 1984
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0087424

Cast

Lotti Huber
Lotti Huber

Joaquin La Habana
Joaquin La Habana

Folkert Milster
Folkert Milster

Friedrich Steinhauer
Friedrich Steinhauer

Günter Thews
Günter Thews

Ingrid van Bergen
Ingrid van Bergen

Tom Vogt
Tom Vogt

Key Crew

Rosa von Praunheim
Director
Rosa von Praunheim
Writer
Cecil Brown
Writer
Marianne Enzensberger
Writer