Horror vacui (film)

Horror Vacui ()  is a 1984 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. 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.

Cast
 Lotti Huber as Madame C
 Joaquin La Habana as cult member
 Folkert Milster as Frankie
 Friedrich Steinhauer as Friedrich
 Günter Thews as cult member
 Ingrid van Bergen as Journalistin
 Tom Vogt (credited as Thomas Vogt) as Hannes

Notes

References 
Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994,

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Category:1984 films
Category:1980s LGBT-related films
Category:German LGBT-related films
Category:West German films
Category:Films directed by Rosa von Praunheim