Darkroom

Lars moves to Berlin with his friend Roland. Their bliss seems perfect. But Lars secretly roams the city's nightlife and experiments with deadly substances. Lars, a former nurse, was a trainee teacher at an elementary school, had been in a steady relationship for years, led a seemingly normal life and his friend had no idea of his murderous activities. He secretly administered an overdose of liquid ecstasy, also known as knockout drops, to his victims, acquaintances or even chance acquaintances. In his new film, cult director Rosa von Praunheim deals with a true criminal case from the recent past and turns it into one of his most exciting films.

Keywords

  • Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
  • Location: Berlin
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  • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Screen: Germany
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  • Berlin
  • desire
  • drugs
  • relationship

Actors

  • Bozidar Kocevski
  • Heiner Bomhard
  • Katy Karrenbauer
  • Bardo Böhlefeld
  • Julia Blankenburg

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Drama, Queer


1h 29min


16 FSK

DE


EN

FR

Germany
2020
Cult director Rosa von Praunheim tells a true-crime story based on a real case about knockout drops in the Berlin party scene.

Cult director Rosa von Praunheim tells a true-crime story based on a real case about knockout drops in the Berlin party scene.


Lars moves to Berlin with his friend Roland. Their bliss seems perfect. But Lars secretly roams the city's nightlife and experiments with deadly substances.


Lars, a former nurse, was a trainee teacher at an elementary school, had been in a steady relationship for years, led a seemingly normal life and his friend had no idea of his murderous activities. He secretly administered an overdose of liquid ecstasy, also known as knockout drops, to his victims, acquaintances or even chance acquaintances.


In his new film, cult director Rosa von Praunheim deals with a true criminal case from the recent past and turns it into one of his most exciting films.

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