Angst (1983/I)

Director:

Gerald Kargl

Writers:

Gerald Kargl
Zbigniew Rybczynski

Release Date:

1983 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror

Plot:

A man is released from prison after serving four years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | House | One Word Title | Violence | Serial Killer

Cast

Erwin Leder	...	The Psychopath
Robert Hunger-Bühler	...	Off-Text (voice)
Silvia Rabenreither	...	Daughter
Karin Springer	...	Daughter (voice)
Edith Rosset	...	Mother
Josefine Lakatha	...	Mother (voice)
Rudolf Götz	...	So n
Renate Kastelik	...	Taxi Driver
Hermann Groissenberger	...	Guest at the Café
Claudia Schinko	...	Guest at the Café
Beate Jurkowitsch	...	Guest at the Café
Rosa Schandl	...	Waitress at the Café
Rolf Bock	...	Police Officer
Emil Polaczek	...	Police Officer

Directed by
Gerald Kargl

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gerald Kargl
Zbigniew Rybczynski

Produced by
Gerald Kargl	....	producer
Josef Reitinger-Laska	....	producer

Original Music by
Klaus Schulze

Cinematography by
Zbigniew Rybczynski

Film Editing by
Zbigniew Rybczynski

Costume Design by
Michaela Donau

Production Management
Gerald Kargl	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dusty Sprengnagel	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Klaus Kovarik	....	foley artist
Klaus Kovarik	....	sound
Mel Kutbay	....	foley artist
Rolf Wiegand	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Andreas Öller	....	assistant camera

Production Companies

• Gerald Kargl

Distributors

• Epix Media (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• VDS Video (1985) (Belgium) (video) (French and Dutch subtitles)

Also Known As:

"Fear" - International (English title) (literal English title)
"Schizophrenia" - Belgium (English title) (video title)

Runtime:

75 min (original version) | Belgium:83 min (alternate DVD version)

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Québec) | West Germany:18

Company:

Gerald Kargl

Trivia:

The movie is based on the real case of the mass murderer Werner Kniesek.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Psychopath:The fear in her eyes and the knife in the chest. That's my last memory of my mother. That's why I had to go to prison for four years, even though she survived.

Remarkable tension filled psychological thriller, great soundtrack

This is a remarkable Austrian serial killer movie, that reminds me a little of "HENRY". A man is released from prison after ten years for killing an old woman, and they think he has been rehabilitated. WRONG!!! Immediately, he searches out a home that no one seems to be there, and breaks in through a window. This movie has very little dialogue, what we hear is his own narration through his psychotic thoughts. He has a plan, where he intends to kill whoever owns the home, because that's what he does. Very very creepy, and with a Klaus Schulze soundtrack that builds the tension very very nicely. When the Mother and Daughter finally arrive at their home, he wastes little time in literally scaring the ill Mother to death, and then eventually very brutally killing the pretty daughter and then having sex with her corpse. This is after he drowns the invalid Son in the bathtub. But he is angry that all this killing did not go according to his plan, so he decides what he needs to do, is gather up all the bodies, put them in the family's car trunk, and go on another killing spree, scarring the next victims with the corpses in the trunk. This is serious stuff folks, there is no fooling around with this movie, it actually made me tense with the mounting tension created by his mental narration, the amazing music, and following his manic actions he trying to carry out an insane plan. This is a psycho thriller that has few equals in the genre, and I simply was blown away by it. The actor playing the psychopath is amazingly convincing, and I have to admit, this movie had an impact on me, I was somewhat shaken by watching it. It's not that gory, it's just flat out disturbing as hell, and one I won't soon forget. It's one of the best of it's genre I have ever seen. Brutal as hell, and convincing as hell, and what a hell of a soundtrack. Magnificent movie, catch it if you can.