Movie Settings Database

Anita - Dances of Vice

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany

When:

The 1910s The 1920s

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.

Released in 1987 — 89 minutes

Genres:

Drama Comedy

Language:

German