Utopia
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63% Critic Match

Utopia

6.3 / 10 1983 3h 7mNR German
Drama

Storyline

A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws of lust-as-commerce is played out by five prostitutes and their pimp, who pits them against one another so that they are incapable of standing up to him collectively.

Cast & Crew

Manfred Zapatka

Manfred Zapatka

Heinz

Lead
IB

Imke Barnstedt

Renate

Gundula Petrovska

Gundula Petrovska

Rosi

GF

Gabriele Fischer

Susi

JS

Johanna Sofia

Helga

BA

Birgit Anders

Monika

BA

Bernhard Adami

BB

Barbara Beutler

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sohrab Shahid Saless's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Utopia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker