A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
The first footage premiered at the 2018 CinemaCon presentation. It was said to be so 'intense and disturbing', that some audience members left, midway through.
Helena Markos:
This isn't vanity! This isn't art!
When Dr Klemperer is escorted out of the building after the big horror scene, they walk on the Western site of the Berlin Wall, and the other (Eastern) site is all darkness. In reality in 1977, all-night floodlights would have been blazing...
The opening logos for Amazon Studios and K Period Media are animated sketches that fade into the dull white background for the opening titles.
English, German, French
€421,216 (Italy) (6 January 2018)
$2,474,044 (USA) (16 December 2018)