Anita – Dances of Vice

Anita - Tänze des Lasters

1988·87'

Rosa von Praunheim

DramaComedy

DE - German

Letterboxd TMDB #131338

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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.

Cast

Lotti Huber Frau Kutowski / Anita Berber

Ina Blum Nurse / Anita Berber Mikael Honesseau Doctor / Sebastian Droste Eva-Maria Kurz Patientin / Rosa Luxemburg

Hannelene Limpach Andreas Hofer

Joerg Dauscher Friedrich Steinhauer Rosa von Praunheim

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