Horror Vacui

The story

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 & crew

Lotti Huber

Lotti HuberCast

Joaquin La Habana

Joaquin La HabanaCast

Folkert Milster

Folkert MilsterCast

Friedrich SteinhauerCast

Günter Thews

Günter ThewsCast

Ingrid van BergenCast

Tom VogtCast