The Transformative Powers of Monstrosity – A List Of Body Horror Films With Trans Allegories
In the spirit of Halloween, here's a list of body horror films which can be interpreted as trans allegories.
Waves
Adapted from Eduard von Keyserling’s 1911 novel of the same title, Waves depicts both the lives and loves of an aristocratic German family during a summer holiday on the Baltic coast of what is now Lithuania, as well as the twilight of a social order and its mores in a world soon to be plunged into the cataclysm of world war.
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Adapted from Eduard von Keyserling’s 1911 novel of the same title, Waves depicts both the lives and loves of an aristocratic German family during a summer holiday on the Baltic coast of what is now Lithuania, as well as the twilight of a social order and its mores in a world soon to be plunged into the cataclysm of world war.
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Genre:Romance, Drama
Written By:Günter Schütter
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Ziegler Film
Cast
Vivian Naefe
Director
Marie Bäumer
Alice von Köhne-Jasky
Matthias Habich
Rolf von Buttlär
Sebastian Blomberg
Til Knop
Monica Bleibtreu
Generalin von Palinkow
Sunnyi Melles
Bella von Buttlär
Christine Urspruch
Milling
Christian Grashof
Geheimrat Frosenius
Peter Fitz
Graf von Köhne-Jasky
Florian Stetter
Katharina Tüschen
Heribert Sasse
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