Egomania: Island Without Hope

Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung

Title:

Genres:

Drama

Companies:

DEM Film

Countries:

Germany

Release Date:

1987-05-20

Runtime:

Languages:

Deutsch, English,

Status:

Released

Tagline:

The Greatest Love Drama of All Time

Overview

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.