Anita, Dances of Vice

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Anita, Dances of Vice ★★ Anita—Tanze des Lasters 1987

German avant-garde film celebrates Anita Berber, the “most scandalous woman in 1920s Berlin.” Berber was openly bisexual, used drugs, and danced nude in public. In von Praunheim's film, she rises from the dead and creates yet more scandal. 85m/C VHS . GE Lotti Huber, Ina Blum, Mikhael Honesseau; D: Rosa von Praunheim.