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Angst

  • 1983
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
12K
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Angst (1983)
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
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A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.

  • Director
    • Gerald Kargl
  • Writers
    • Zbigniew Rybczynski
    • Gerald Kargl
  • Stars
    • Erwin Leder
    • Robert Hunger-Bühler
    • Silvia Ryder
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerald Kargl
    • Writers
      • Zbigniew Rybczynski
      • Gerald Kargl
    • Stars
      • Erwin Leder
      • Robert Hunger-Bühler
      • Silvia Ryder
    • 81User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
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    Erwin Leder
    Erwin Leder
    • K., the Psychopath
    Robert Hunger-Bühler
    Robert Hunger-Bühler
    • Off-Text
    • (voice)
    Silvia Ryder
    Silvia Ryder
    • Daughter (Silvia)
    • (as Silvia Rabenreither)
    Karin Springer
    • Daughter
    • (voice)
    Edith Rosset
    Edith Rosset
    • Mother
    Josefine Lakatha
    • Mother
    • (voice)
    Rudolf Götz
    Rudolf Götz
    • Son
    Kuba
    • Dog
    Renate Kastelik
    • Taxi Driver
    Hermann Groissenberger
    • Guest at the Café
    Claudia Schinko
    Claudia Schinko
    • Guest at the Café
    Beate Jurkowitsch
    • Guest at the Café
    Rosa Schandl
    • Waitress at the Café
    Rolf Bock
    • Police Officer
    Emil Polaczek
    • Police Officer
    Helmut Hrdina
    • Prison Guard
    • (as Major Helmut Hrdina)
    Adolf Hagmann
    • Prison Guard
    Karl Riepl
    • Prison Guard
    • Director
      • Gerald Kargl
    • Writers
      • Zbigniew Rybczynski
      • Gerald Kargl
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Pig's blood, not stage blood, was used for the stabbing scene, for the sake of additional realism.
    • Goofs
      When the daughter picks up the knife with her mouth it suddenly has changed into an upright position.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      The Psychopath: The fear in her eyes and the knife in the chest. That's my last memory of my mother. That's why I had to go to prison for four years, even though she survived.

    • Alternate versions
      Two versions of the film exist, the 87-minute version originally released to theatres and a 79-minute version that would be considered the director's cut. The longer version includes a prologue that was added by director Gerald Kargl in response to theatrical distributors who felt the film was too short. It includes a brief murder scene of K's first victims and a narrator recalling details of the man's youth, details which are mostly redundant with some of the narrative reflection later in the film. The shorter version, known as Kargl's preferred version, eliminates those eight minutes entirely.
    • Connections
      Edited into Erwin Leder in Fear (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Surrender
      Written by Klaus Schulze (uncredited)

      Performed by Klaus Schulze

    User reviews81

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    10/10
    The Best in its Genre
    I have always been a fan of the genre of serial killer movies. Not to get confused with slasher flicks because the serial killer movies are usually sophisticated with a realistic feel to them, causing an unnerving and disturbing feel. Not to take away from the slasher because there is fun in those movies. Angst is the best of the serial killer movies, in my personal opinion. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is marvelous and Amoklauf is also a great film, but as far as putting you right in the serial killers mind, this movie does the best and it is very frightening.

    The story starts with the lead character (basically the only lead character) walking up to a house. He knocks on the door and when the door opens he murders the person who answers with a hand gun. After being in jail for 10 years he is released. Upon his release he instantly gets started again murdering a mother and her grown children. One of which a retarded man in a wheelchair.

    The storyline may seem simple but in no means is the character simple. After he murders the person at the beginning of the movie we are shown events in documentary form leading up to the murder and him going into jail. So we become familiar with the character. But being familiar with the character and suddenly being put in the characters shoes are two different things.

    The whole movie when he is released from jail is narrated by the killer, almost like he is thinking and we can hear his thoughts. When he goes into a restaurant and sits down at the table he starts getting uncomfortable after watching two young woman sitting at the bar. He starts thinking of sick things to do to them and as a result gets the feeling that everyone in the restaurant is watching him. So right away we, as the audience, get this uncomfortable feeling as well and we are also introduced to how paranoid the character is. Much of the movie is like this.

    The moments in which he is murdering the family is almost unbearable and rather disturbing. I don't want to give to much away but be prepared to be disturbed. It's not the violent nature in which he kills these people it's almost the inevitable lead up to it.

    Well, I hope this review helps. This is a very difficult film to find so good luck in the search. Sources from IMDb tell me that this will be released in the states eventually. If you find it before then... enjoy. 10/10
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    • Jul 31, 2006

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    • Release date
      • 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook (Japan)
      • Official Instagram (Japan)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Fear
    • Filming locations
      • Hinterbrühl, Lower Austria, Austria(House and most exteriors)
    • Production company
      • Gerald Kargl
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    • Budget
      • €400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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