The Red Frenzy

The Red Frenzy or The Red Rage (German: Der rote Rausch) is a 1962 West German thriller film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Klaus Kinski, Brigitte Grothum and Marina Petrova.^[1] It was shot at the Kalvarienberg Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Theodor Harisch. It was based on a novel by Hans Ulrich Horster.^[2]

Josef Stier, convicted for murder four woman whose red necklaces triggered him, escapes from a psychiatric hospital and roams through the countryside. Having lost his memory he is discovered in some marshes by Katrin whose family own a farm. She takes him in and comes to believe that he is her missing husband Martin. He begins to care for Katrin and lives a normal life for a while under the name Martin. However, one day while in the town he sees a wanted poster of himself, causing a breakdown. He is hunted and pursued by the police at the farm, along with a group of angry villagers.

• Klaus Kinski as Martin/Josef Stier
• Brigitte Grothum as Katrin
• Marina Petrova as Anna
• Sieghardt Rupp as Karl
• Dieter Borsche as Professor Lindner
• Jochen Brockmann as Vollbricht
• Hans Obonya as Klobner
• Elisabeth Terval as Theres
• Annemarie Berthe as Professor Lindners Assistantin
• Edd Stavjanik as Kriminalrat Berger
• Peter Machac as Franz
• Christine Ratej as Hanni
• Helmuth Silbergasser as Stephan
• Renate Schmidt as Verkäuferin
• Josef Krastel as Ladenbesitzer
• Herbert Fux as Lastwagenfahrer
• Walter Regelsberger as Verkehrspolizist

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

• The Red Frenzy at IMDb