FILM · 1983 · AT
Angst
9 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
To achieve greater realism, the stabbing scene used pig's blood rather than stage blood.
- #002
The narration conveys the confessions of real-life killers such as Peter Kürten, known as the 'Düsseldorf Vampire'.
- #003
In the scene where the killer breaks a window while entering the house, the window he breaks is real glass, as actor Erwin Leder insisted on doing it himself; he injured his hand in the process. (The glass door that Silvia Ryder throws herself through is fake glass, but she was badly injured when she landed on the ground.)
- #004
Because of financial constraints and disputes over the film, director Gerald Kargl never directed another film.
- #005
Gaspar Noé, director of Irreversible (2002) and Enter the Void (2009) and a fan of the film, claims to have watched it about 40 times and appears at the top of many of the Blu-ray release's features.
- #006
The film is based on the real case of serial killer Werner Knisek.
- #007
The man in the espresso restaurant (Hermann Groissenberger) is reading a newspaper. At the beginning of the film the headline reads "WAR"; at the end of the film it reads "PAX", meaning peace.
- #008
The dog, a Dachshund named Kuba, belonged to cinematographer Zbigniew Rybczynski.
- #009
The entire film was shot through mirrors. Zbignew came up with the idea of filming several close-ups of the characters running through a mirror, but then shot all of them through mirrors at a 45-degree angle to keep them consistent with the rest of the film.
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