Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung (1987)

Title: Egomania: Island Without Hope

Original Title: Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung

Release Date: 1987-05-20

Status: Released

Rating: 5/10 (from 15 votes)

Language: DE

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: DEM Film

Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.