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    Angst

    • 19831983
    • 18+18+
    • 1h 27min
    IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    9.1K
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    Angst (1983)
    DramaHorrorThriller

    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.
    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(screenplay)
      • Gerald Kargl(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Erwin Leder
      • Robert Hunger-Bühler(voice)
      • Silvia Ryder
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gerald Kargl
    • Writers
      • Zbigniew Rybczynski(screenplay)
      • Gerald Kargl(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Erwin Leder
      • Robert Hunger-Bühler(voice)
      • Silvia Ryder
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    • 59User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
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    Erwin Leder
    Erwin Leder
    • K., the Psychopathas K., the Psychopath
    Robert Hunger-Bühler
    Robert Hunger-Bühler
    • Off-Textas Off-Text
    • (voice)
    Silvia Ryder
    Silvia Ryder
    • Daughter (Silvia)as Daughter (Silvia)
    Karin Springer
    • Daughteras Daughter
    • (voice)
    Edith Rosset
    Edith Rosset
    • Motheras Mother
    Josefine Lakatha
    • Motheras Mother
    • (voice)
    Rudolf Götz
    Rudolf Götz
    • Sonas Son
    Kuba
    • Dogas Dog
    Renate Kastelik
    • Taxi Driveras Taxi Driver
    Hermann Groissenberger
    • Guest at the Caféas Guest at the Café
    Claudia Schinko
    Claudia Schinko
    • Guest at the Caféas Guest at the Café
    Beate Jurkowitsch
    • Guest at the Caféas Guest at the Café
    Rosa Schandl
    • Waitress at the Caféas Waitress at the Café
    Rolf Bock
    • Police Officeras Police Officer
    Emil Polaczek
    • Police Officeras Police Officer
    Helmut Hrdina
    • Prison Guardas Prison Guard
    • (as Major Helmut Hrdina)
    Adolf Hagmann
    • Prison Guardas Prison Guard
    Karl Riepl
    • Prison Guardas Prison Guard
    • Director
      • Gerald Kargl
    • Writers
      • Zbigniew Rybczynski(screenplay)
      • Gerald Kargl(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    A man is released from prison after serving ten years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again. After failing to murder a cab driver, he flees and discovers a secluded rural home, where a young woman lives with her sick mother and disabled brother. He then begins to take out his sadistic pleasures on them, attempting to hold them hostage, while thinking of his troubled childhood with his abusive mother and grandmother... —Brian Patrick
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    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Horror
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • 18+
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    Did you know

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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.

    • Connections
      Edited into Erwin Leder in Fear (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Surrender
      Written by Klaus Schulze (uncredited)

      Performed by Klaus Schulze

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    7/10
    More than a B-Movie
    A very well photographed B-movie who puts the audience inside the mind of a compulsive killer. A strange film halfway between Michael Haneke for the story (I didn't know anything about the film and I thought It was haneke's one) and Stanley Kubrick for the cinematography (many references to "clockwork orange"). Actors performances are incredible considering they are dead half the film and their corpses are pulled and strechted across long single shots. An hypnotic movie with only narrative voice and great moments of cinema (especially the last action scene in the tunnel). One detail of importance : 22 years after the shooting, this film looks like it was shot last month. I wonder what became this director ? Any news ?
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    • pvsp
    • Jun 3, 2005

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    • Release date
      • 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Schizophrenia: Le Tueur de l'Ombre
    • Filming locations
      • Hinterbrühl, Lower Austria, Austria
    • Production company
      • Gerald Kargl
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    • Budget
      • €400,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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