Black Widow (2001) ( Die Gottesanbeterin ) ( The Praying Mantis )

Black Widow (2001) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die Gottesanbeterin
Alternate Title: The Praying Mantis
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Paul Harather

Written By:
Susanne Freund
Gerda E. Grossmann

Actors:
Christiane Hörbiger ..... Beatrix 'Trixi' Jancik / Schernthaler
Udo Kier ..... Julius Quellenreich
Jan Niklas ..... Ulrich Stein
Peter Faerber ..... Karli
Ursula Koban ..... Isi Köcker
Simon Schwarz ..... Heli Jancik
Klaus Ofczarek ..... Siggi
Gerhard Ernst ..... Wolfgang Schernthaler
Tanja Petrovsky ..... Gabi Jancik
Rainer Egger ..... Spieler
Gisela Theisen ..... Diana
Peter Hugo ..... Charles
Margarete Tiesel ..... Mutter im Stiegenhaus (as Margarethe Tiesel)
Walter Czerwenka ..... Brigitta Jancik
Robin Dietrich

Synopsis:

An Austrian housewife discovers a new hobby that's fun, profitable, and lethal in this black comedy. Sixty-ish Trixi (Christiane Hoerbiger) is hardly an ordinary grandmother; she's grown bored with her longtime marriage to loutish Siggi (Klaus Ofczarek), and as a diversion, uses her grocery allowance to gamble. One of Siggi's friends, Karli (Peter Faerber), spies her at the racetrack, and threatens to tell her husband about her hobby; to his surprise, Trixi offers to have sex with him in exchange for his silence. Karli lets slip with a little secret about Siggi -- he has a secret fund of $70,000 that he's been saving without her knowledge. Trixi, already unhappy with her mate, decides this is the last straw, and poisons him in order to get her hands on the money. But Trixi later discovers that Siggi's hidden bankroll was much smaller than Karli had led her to believe, and when a widower asks Trixi for her hand in marriage, she accepts. After locating his nest egg, Trixi soon does away with husband number two, and is prepared to move on to husband number three, good-looking Ulrich (Jan Niklas), when fate throws a few spanners into the works -- Karli begins demanding money to keep quiet about Siggi's "mysterious" death, and Trixi finds she has attracted the attention of Julius (Udo Kier), an artist with a taste for rough sex.

Bored with her life as a housewife and her stale husband Siggi, Trixi Jancik plots to murder him for his savings. But after she's poisoned Siggi, she realizes he didn't have that much cash set aside. So Trixi begins going to the racetrack, where she meets a wealthy widower, whom she again marries and murders. Just as Trixi's beginning to make a career for herself, she attracts the attentions of Julius, a strange but rich S&M artist.

Trixi Jancik leads a double life. A minor squabble at home brings the situation to a head and marks a turning point in her life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 May, 2009.

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