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Anita: Dances of Vice

Released Oct 3, 1987 1h 25m Biography List
Reviews Frau Kutowski (Lotti Huber) is an overweight old woman who resides in a mental hospital in Berlin. Kutowski is convinced that she is Anita Berber (Ina Blum), the controversial burlesque dancer of post-World War I Germany, famous for her nude, androgynous performances and blatant drug and alcohol use. Kutowski spends her days switching between the present and "memories" of the past as Berber in her mind, adding the staff and other patients into her fantasies, until reality begins to blur. Read More Read Less

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Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) It is an unsentimental Cabaret... which views sexuality as a force as vibrant as money, and a hymn to both the baseness and exaltation of the human spirit. Sep 13, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Frau Kutowski (Lotti Huber) is an overweight old woman who resides in a mental hospital in Berlin. Kutowski is convinced that she is Anita Berber (Ina Blum), the controversial burlesque dancer of post-World War I Germany, famous for her nude, androgynous performances and blatant drug and alcohol use. Kutowski spends her days switching between the present and "memories" of the past as Berber in her mind, adding the staff and other patients into her fantasies, until reality begins to blur.
Director
Rosa von Praunheim
Genre
Biography
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 1987, Limited
Runtime
1h 25m