Anita: Dances of Vice

Anita: Dances of Vice
Anita: Dances of Vice
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by	Rosa von Praunheim; Marianne Enzensberger; Lotti Huber; Hannelene Limpach;
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim
Starring	Lotti Huber; Ina Blum; Mikael Honesseau;
Cinematography	Elfi Mikesch
Edited by	Mike Shephard; Rosa von Praunheim;
Music by	Konrad Elfers; Rainer Rubbert; Alan Marks; Wilhelm Dieter Siebert; Ed Lieber;
Production; companies	Road Movies; ZDF;
Release date	19 February 1988;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Anita: Dances of Vice (German: Anita – Tänze des Lasters) is a 1988 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film follows an elderly delusional woman who thinks she is Anita Berber (1899–1928), a German dancer who, with her partner, Sebastian Droste, came to represent the decadence of 1920s Berlin with their nude dancing, their cocaine habits and their uninhibited sex lives.^[1]

Anita Berber's story is recounted through the thoughts and remembrance of the elderly lady (played by Lotti Huber) who is confined in a lunatic asylum. There, in her dreams and exchanges with patients and staff, scenes from Anita's scandalous life are relived. The film is divided in two sections with all scenes taking place on the asylum shot in black and white and the Anita Berber part shot in color.^[1]

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 108

References[]

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

External links[]

Anita: Dances of Vice at IMDb

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