Angst (1983 film)

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Angst
Directed by	Gerald Kargl
Produced by	Gerald Kargl & Josef Reitinger-Laska
Written by	Gerald Kargl & Zbigniew Rybczynski
Starring	Erwin Leder
Music by	Klaus Schulze
Cinematography	Zbigniew Rybczynski
Editing by	Zbigniew Rybczynski
Running time	80 min. Approx
Language	German
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Angst is a 1983 Austrian Serial Killer film. Written and directed by Gerald Kargl with cinematography by Academy Award winner Zbigniew Rybczynski. Though little known the film has received praise for its unconventional camera work and intense acting performances, particularly from Actor Erwin Leder famous for his role as Johann in the Wolfgang Petersen film Das Boot.

1 Soundtrack
2 Influence
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Soundtrack

Klaus Schulze's soundtrack for the film is probably more famous that the picture its self. It contains percussive and synth based music, similar in style to the work of Tangerine Dream whome Schulze was once in.

See Here: Angst (soundtrack)

[edit] Influence

Irréversible director Gasper Noe has on many occasions sighted Angst as an influence on his film making style. He has been quoted several times talking about the film:

"There's another film called "Angst" or "Fear" which in France was called "Schizophrenia" but it was banned theatrically. It's got an X-rating so it never came out. It could maybe come out today. It's Austrian. One of the masterpieces of the decade. The director never did another movie though. He had too many debts so he stopped directing."

"Then there's an Austrian movie, Angst. It's about a man killing a family just in order to go back to prison, where he felt better. It's like a very dark, European version of Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, but much more baroque in its filming. It was banned all over the world - even in France it was one of the last movies to be X-rated for extreme violence. I think it's going to be rediscovered everywhere in the next few years."