Anita – Dances of Vice

Overview

In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous figure of post-WWI Berlin. (Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928, having achieved significant success and recognition throughout the dance world.) Frau Kutowski is placed in a mental hospital, where in her own mind she acts out Berber's final days, including in her fantasies the hospital's staff and patients, to represent Anita's friends and associates.

Cast

Lotti Huber

Frau Kutowski / Anita Berber

Ina Blum

Nurse / Anita Berber

Mikael Honesseau

Doctor / Sebastian Droste

Eva-Maria Kurz

Patientin / Rosa Luxemburg

Hannelene Limpach

Andreas Hofer

Joerg Dauscher

Friedrich Steinhauer

Rosa von Praunheim