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Egomania: Island Without Hope

The Greatest Love Drama of All Time
May 20, 1987 · 1h 27m
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Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.

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Udo Kier
Baron Tante Teufel
Tilda Swinton
Sally
Uwe Fellensiek
William
Anna Fechter
Ria
Anastasia Kudelka
Anastasia
Sergej Gleithmann
Anatol
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt
Notary
Wolfgang Schulte
Notary's Assistant
Directed by Christoph Schlingensief

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