Angst

Angst

Based on a true story.

1983•1h 15m•7.1/10

ThrillerCrimeHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(402)

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

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Production

Gerald Kargl

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Erwin Leder

Erwin Leder

Psychopath

Robert Hunger-Bühler

Robert Hunger-Bühler

Psychopath (voice)

Silvia Rabenreither

Silvia Rabenreither

Daughter

Karin Springer

Daughter (voice)

Edith Rosset

Mother

Josefine Lakatha

Mother (voice) / Passer-by

Rudolf Götz

Son

Renate Kastelik

Taxi Driver

Hermann Groissenberger

Guest at café

Claudia Schinko

Guest at café

Beate Jurkowitsch

Guest at café

Rosa Schandl

Waitress at café

Rolf Bock

Policeman

Emil Polaczek

Policeman

Helmut Hrdina

Prison guard

Adolf Hagmann

Prison guard

Karl Riepl

Prison guard

Günther Dietz

Prison guard

Elisabeth Fez

Passer-by

Paula Elkins

Passer-by

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