
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer(1986)
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.


“Based on a true story.”
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

Erwin Leder
Psychopath

Robert Hunger-Bühler
Psychopath (voice)

Silvia Rabenreither
Daughter
Karin Springer
Daughter (voice)
Edith Rosset
Mother
Josefine Lakatha
Mother (voice) / Passer-by
Rudolf Götz
Son
Renate Kastelik
Taxi Driver
Hermann Groissenberger
Guest at café
Claudia Schinko
Guest at café
Angst is a thriller, crime, horror film released in 1983 exploring themes of prison, schizophrenia, psychopath, narration, bodily disabled person, german-german border. Directed by Gerald Kargl, it stars Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Rabenreither. A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
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