Melancholie der Engel (2009)
Poetic, Radical, Original, Unwieldy... Impossible To Forget.
Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.
- Date of release
- 2009-05-01
- TMDB
- 3.9 / 10 (61)
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
- Director
- Marian Dora
Casting
- Zenza Raggi — Brauth
- Carsten Frank — Katze
- Janette Weller — Melanie
- Bianca Schneider — Bianca
- Patrizia Johann — Anja S.
- Pietro Martellanza — Heinrich
- Margarethe von Stern — Clarissa
- Ulli Lommel — Katze as Angel
- Marc Anton — Mönch
- Tobias Sickert — Großer Mann
- Jens Geutebrück — Priest
- Martina Adora — Novizin
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Germany
Melancholie der Engel is a 2009 German independent extreme horror film directed, shot, and edited by Marian Dora, who co-wrote the screenplay with Carsten Frank. The film stars Frank and Zenza Raggi as old friends who reunite and return to a house with a dark past.
Production
The film had been planned since 2003, but shooting was delayed due to financial issues. In September 2006, production began and the film was shot over a three-week period, later described by director Marian Dora as the worst time of his life. Other than Carsten Frank, who co-wrote the film with Dora, members of the cast had no access to the script.
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