Anita Dances of Vice

In modernday Berlin 1987 Frau Kutowski goes insane believing herself to be the reallife notorious Anita Berber a nude art dancerdrug addictscandalous figure of postWWI Berlin Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928 having achieved significant success and recognition throughout the dance world Frau Kutowski is placed in a mental hospital where in her own mind she acts out Berbers final days including in her fantasies the hospitals staff and patients to represent Anitas friends and associates