Horror Vacui 40 years old

Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called “Optimal Optimism”. Madame C, a former Nazi party member, is the leader of Optimal Optimism. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.

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Horror Vacui Cast

Name	Character
Ingrid van Bergen She was 53, now 93 years old
Lotti Huber She was 71, 85 years old when she died

Horror Vacui Crew

Name	Department
Marianne Enzensberger as Writer. She was 37 (now 77) years old	Writing
Elfi Mikesch as Cinematography. She was 44 (now 84) years old	Crew