Anita: Dances of Vice

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: Dances of Vice
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by
  • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Marianne Enzensberger
  • Lotti Huber
  • Hannelene Limpach
Starring
Music by
  • Konrad Elfers
  • Rainer Rubbert
  • Alan Marks
  • Wilhelm Dieter Siebert
  • Ed Lieber
CinematographyElfi Mikesch
Edited by
  • Mike Shephard
  • Rosa von Praunheim
Production
company
  • Road Movies
  • ZDF
Release date
  • 19 February 1988 (1988-02-19)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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
  1. 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.


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