UW Cinematheque - New Restorations and Special Presentations
Der Fan | West Germany | 1982 | DCP | 92 min. Director: Eckhart Schmidt
Event Details
Date
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Steiger, Simone Brahmann
Teenager Simone (Nosbusch) has developed a bordering-on-unhealthy obsession with pop singer R (Steiger). Abandoning school and her family to pursue her fantasy, Simone encounters her idol at a TV taping and the stage is set for a coolly enacted nightmare of seduction, rejection, and revenge. Eerily directed in a clinically detached style, this hypnotic thriller was never given an official theatrical release in the U.S. until now.
Teenager Simone (Nosbusch) has developed a bordering-on-unhealthy obsession with pop singer R (Steiger). Abandoning school and her family to pursue her fantasy, Simone encounters her idol at a TV taping and the stage is set for a coolly enacted nightmare of seduction, rejection, and revenge. Eerily directed in a clinically detached style, this hypnotic thriller was never given an official theatrical release in the U.S. until now.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, October 3, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.