Drama Cult Classic

Experimental Vienna psychodrama where alien doubles invade the mind and the frame.

INVISIBLE ADVERSARIES

1977 · 01:49:00 · NR · Drama · IMDB TMDB

Anna, a photographer, discover that extraterrestrial beings are colonizing the minds of her fellow citizens by raising the human aggression quotient. The outer world immediately becomes disjointed, yet the inner world does too, as Anna and her lover, Peter, try to hang onto their deteriorating relationship.

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What is Invisible Adversaries about?

Invisible Adversaries is a 1977 Austrian drama film directed by Valie Export about Anna, a photographer in Vienna, who becomes obsessed with alien doubles invading and disrupting both her mind and her relationship.

The SassyFlix Take

Valie Export's experimental provocation takes the alien invasion trope and turns it inward, mapping paranoia onto both the psyche and the screen. With fractured editing and feminist perspective, this is Vienna as you've never seen—or heard—it, where every cut and camera angle is a challenge.

From the Vault

From the vault: When Vienna gets invaded, it's not by spaceships—it's by existential dread.

Why Cult

Alien Mind Invasion

Anna's world unravels when extraterrestrial forces colonize the thoughts of her fellow Viennese, raising the stakes from personal to cosmic paranoia.

Feminist Experimental Cinema

Directed by Valie Export, this film ruptures cinematic conventions with a distinctly female point of view on intimacy and identity.

Shattering Formal Structure

Jagged montages, disruptive sound, and a clash of filmic textures mirror Anna's fractured reality, making the medium itself part of the story.

Vienna as Paranoid Backdrop

The city of Vienna transforms into a battleground for inner and outer alien adversaries, infusing the drama with a sense of place and dread.

Synopsis

Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Her schizophrenia is reflected in the juxtapositions of long movie camera takes with violently edited montages: private with public spaces; black & white with colour, still photographs with video, earsplitting sounds with disruptive camera angles. Anna uses her body like a map; after a devastating quarrel with her lover, she paints red stitches on herself. Watching their scenes together, we realize how seldom, if ever before, the details of sexual intimacy have been shown in film from the point of view from a woman. Export privileges rupture over unity and never settles for one-dimensional solutions

Details & Specs

Director: Valie Export
Writers: Peter Weibel, Valie Export
Release: 1977
Runtime: 1h 49m
Country: Austria
Language: German
Genres: Drama
Also Known As: Invisible Adversaries, Adversários Invisíveis, Original title: Unsichtbare Gegner

Themes & Keywords

Female Nudity Female Rear Nudity Female Full Frontal Nudity Violence Female Frontal Nudity Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship Alien F Rated Photographer Ghost Outer Space Paranoia Woman Director Full Frontal Nudity Spirit Symbolism

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Invisible Adversaries about? +

Invisible Adversaries is about Anna, a photographer in Vienna, who becomes obsessed with the idea that alien doubles are colonizing the minds of the population, fracturing her sense of reality and destabilizing her relationship.

When was Invisible Adversaries released? +

Invisible Adversaries was released in 1977.

Who directed Invisible Adversaries? +

Invisible Adversaries was directed by Valie Export.

How long is Invisible Adversaries? +

Invisible Adversaries has a runtime of 109 minutes.

What genre is Invisible Adversaries? +

Invisible Adversaries is a drama film.

Where can I watch Invisible Adversaries? +

You can watch Invisible Adversaries on SassyFlix.