Macumba

FRG 1982, directed by Elfi Mikesch, 88 min, with English subtitles, rated: 18 

In a Berlin building scheduled for demolition, a group of young people drift from one day to the next. Their dreams, wishes, and obsessions are more real than the world outside. Magda invents the detective Max Taurus, who is obsessed with crime and delves deeper and deeper into the house. He is suspicious of everyone — especially the strange inhabitants and their relationships, which oscillate between love and violence. Fantasy and reality blur to a backdrop of atmospheric, occasionally strange music, creating a web of nightmarish quality. A hypnotic work about the power of imagination.

Featuring: Magdalena Montezuma, Bernd Broaderup, Heinz Emigholz, Carola Regnier, Fritz Mikesch, Frank Ripploh, Edith Lechtape 

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