September 27, 1984
1h 25m
DE
Rosa von Praunheim
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.
Lotti Huber
Cast
Joaquin La Habana
Cast
Folkert Milster
Cast
Friedrich Steinhauer
Rosa von Praunheim, Cecil Brown, Marianne Enzensberger
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Günter Thews
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Ingrid van Bergen
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Tom Vogt
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Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
DE
WDR
DE
