"The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber" is
the first contemporary biography of a notorious
actor/dancer/poet/playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Weimar
Berlin during the 1920s.
In an era where everything was permitted, Anita Berber's
celebrations of "Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy" were condemned and
censored. She often haunted Weimar Berlin's hotel lobbies,
nightclubs and casinos, radiantly naked except for an elegant sable
wrap, a pet monkey hanging from her neck, and a silver brooch
packed with cocaine. Multi-talented Anita saw no boundaries between
her personal life and her taboo-shattering performances. As such,
she was Europe's first postmodern woman.
Among those Anita Berber claimed as members of her vast sexual
harem were Marlene Dietrich, Magnus Hirschfeld (the founder of
modern sexology and gay liberation), Klaus Mann, Conrad Veidt,
Lawrence Durrell, and the King of Yugoslavia. Berber acted in Fritz
Lang's "Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler" and starred in the silent epic,
"Lucifer." Even Leni Riefenstahl credits Berber for inspiring her
controversial career. After sated Berliners finally tired of Anita
Berber's libidinous antics, she became a "carrion soul that even
the hyenas ignored," dying in 1928 at the age of 29.
"The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber"
chronicles a remarkable career, including over 150 photographs and
drawings that recreate Anita's enduring "Repertoire of the
Damned."
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