The Red Frenzy

The Red Frenzy
Directed byWolfgang Schleif
Written by
Based onThe Red Frenzy by Hans Ulrich Horster
Produced byErnst Müller
StarringKlaus Kinski
Brigitte Grothum
Marina Petrova.
CinematographyWalter Partsch
Edited byPaula Dvorak
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Rex-Film
Distributed byNora-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 24 May 1962 (1962-05-24)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Red Frenzy or The Red Rage (German: Der rote Rausch) is a 1962 West German thriller film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Klaus Kinski, Brigitte Grothum and Marina Petrova. It was shot at the Kalvarienberg Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Theodor Harisch. It was based on a novel by Hans Ulrich Horster.

Synopsis

Josef Stier, convicted for murder four woman whose red necklaces triggered him, escapes from a psychiatric hospital and roams through the countryside. Having lost his memory he is discovered in some marshes by Katrin whose family own a farm. She takes him in and comes to believe that he is her missing husband Martin. He begins to care for Katrin and lives a normal life for a while under the name Martin. However, one day while in the town he sees a wanted poster of himself, causing a breakdown. He is hunted and pursued by the police at the farm, along with a group of angry villagers.

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