Ekstase - Der Prozeß gegen die Satansmädchen (1979)
Mondo Cane and the Schoolgirl Report series stand as obvious influences on this occasionally amusing but generally rather tedious exploitation film that alternates between documentary, fake documentary and docudrama. The theme is Satanism and the linking thread is a recreation of what is supposedly the real-life case of a murder and attempted murder of two Munich teenage men by a quartet of girls who had been dabbling in devil worship. During the ensuing trial, the lawyer resorts to dilatory tactics while the hearing is frequently interrupted by the girls breaking into incantation, temper tantrums or shivery fits ostensibly bearing on demonic possession. When the subject of the Manson killings is brought up, the most obnoxious of the defendants breaks in indignantly, claiming that Sharon Tate’s “execution” was justified as she posed dangers to the Satanic community.
Director:
Rolf Olsen
Writer:
Rolf Olsen
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Anne Magle as |
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Joana John as |
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Sharon Peters as |
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Renate Hess as |
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Hedy Bader as |
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Ilse Peternell as |
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Hans Schellbach as |
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Walter Ullrich as |
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Mathias Eysen as |
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Ronny Tanner as |
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Kent O. Doering as |
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Claus Fuchs as |
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Johanna Ebertseder as |
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Sylvia Engelmann as Dagmar Richard |
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Anton LaVey as Himself (archive footage) |
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Kurt Meinicke as |
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Günter Clemens as Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Sonja Jeannine as |
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Britt Corvin as (archive footage) |
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Rinaldo Talamonti as (archive footage) |
| Directing | Rolf Olsen | Director |
| Writing | Rolf Olsen | Screenplay |
| Production | Rudolf Kalmowicz | Producer |
| Camera | Heinz Hölscher | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Franz Xaver Lederle | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter H. W. Tost | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alfred Srp | Editor |
