Horror vacui (film)

Horror Vacui (German: Horror Vacui - Die Angst vor der Leere) is a 1984 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim.[1] 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.[1]

Horror Vacui
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by
  • Cecil Brown
  • Marianne Enzensberger
  • Rosa von Praunheim
Starring
  • Lotti Huber
  • Folkert Milster
  • Joaquin La Habana
  • Ingrid van Bergen
Music byMarran Gosov
CinematographyElfi Mikesch
Edited by
  • Mike Shephard
  • Rosa von Praunheim
Production
company
Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Release date
5 October 1984
Running time
85 minutes
CountryWest Germany
BudgetDEM 350,000

Cast
  • Lotti Huber as Madame C
  • Joaquin La Habana as cult member
  • Folkert Milster as Frankie
  • Friedrich Steinhauer as Friedrich
  • Günter Thews as cult member
  • Ingrid van Bergen as Journalistin
  • Tom Vogt (credited as Thomas Vogt) as Hannes

Notes
  1. Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 109

References
  • Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2


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