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TitleAnita (1987)
Alternative/Original Title1. Tanze des Lasters 2. Dances of Vice
DisabilityMental
CountryGermany
Length89
GenreDrama
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DirectorRosa von Praunheim
CastIna Blum Mikael Honesseau Lotti Huber Hannelene Limpach Friedrich Steinhauer
NotesUsing a mix of an expressionist style in colour and a documentary style in B/W. this film examines a woman who takes on the personality of an infamous woman from the 1920s. Set in Berlin in the late 1980s the woman is sent to a mental hospital where the personality of Anita Berber, a nude dancer and drug addict, completely takes over.

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