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ANGST, photographed by legendary Oscar-winning Polish animator/experimentalist Zbig Rybczynski and scored by Krautrock synth god Klaus Schulze (Tangerine Dream), is one hell of a gorgeously stylized and shockingly visceral experience: a forgotten classic on the fringes of the slasher cycle. Erwin Leder (Das Boot, Schindler's List) plays a maniacal killer based on the real-life serial murderer Werner Kniesek. As he stalks through the bland Viennese countryside, Schulze's music pulses darkly, and Zbig's innovative "first-person" camerawork grabs you by the throat, never letting go. Angst is one film that, without any empty hyperbole, we can guarantee you'll never, ever forget. Cult Epics presents for the first time since its original release, the Uncut, Uncensored version (optically restored tunnel murder-scene) in HD, with painstaking bonus features; including a new Interview with Erwin Leder, and Audio Commentary and an Interview with director Gerald Kargl conducted by Jorg Buttgereit (Nekromantik.) Gasper Noé (director of Irreversible, Enter The Void, Love) cited Angst as an influence, "one that I have watched more than 40 times."

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Bonus Materials

• New High-definition Transfer and Restoration (from original 16mm print)
• Optional playback with or without Prologue
• New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• Interview with Erwin Leder (2015)
• Interview with Gerald Kargl by Jorg Buttgereit (2003)
• Interview with cinematographer Zbigniew Rybzcynski (2004)
• Audio Commentary by Gerald Kargl conducted by film critic Marcus Stiglegger (English & German language with English subtitles)
• New HD Trailer

Press Quotes

The Movie That Inspired Every Gaspar Noé Movie, Including the 3-D Porn in 'Love.' - Indie Wire 'I Loved ANGST, and 'Cult Epics' release is essential for any fan of extreme cinema.

     —Eric McClanahan, Indie Wire

Kargl's unsung masterpiece of distress usurps the discomfort engendered... thanks to ambient score and spectacular camerawork.

     —Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema

Angst might be the deepest that cinema has ever plunged into the mind of a psychopath. Angst is a testament to the visceral power of cinema, with all the dangers and beauty that entails.

     —Sound on Sight

Given the Criterion-level Blu-ray and DVD treatment by Cult epics is an undoubtedly important moment in genre history.' Movie 3.5 out of 4 - Disc Package 4 out of 4.

     —Fangoria