Possession
Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.
1981 | 124m | English
Popularity: 7 (history)
| Director: | Andrzej Żuławski |
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| Writer: | Andrzej Żuławski, Frederic Tuten |
| Staring: |
| A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair. | |
| Release Date: | May 27, 1981 |
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| Director: | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Writer: | Andrzej Żuławski, Frederic Tuten |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | germany, berlin, germany, adultery, obsession, hysteria, marriage crisis, domestic abuse, domestic violence, motorcycle, tentacle, miscarriage, separation, private detective, doppelgänger, dual role, marital separation, video nasty, breakdown, impending divorce, frustrated |
| Production Companies | Gaumont, Oliane Productions, Marianne Productions, Soma Film Produktion |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,200,000
Budget: $2,400,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 10, 2026 Entered: Feb 18, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Isabelle Adjani | Anna / Helen |
| Sam Neill | Mark |
| Margit Carstensen | Margit Gluckmeister |
| Heinz Bennent | Heinrich |
| Johanna Hofer | Heinrich's Mother |
| Carl Duering | Private Detective |
| Shaun Lawton | Zimmermann |
| Michael Hogben | Bob |
| Maximilian Rüthlein | Man with Pink Socks |
| Thomas Frey | Pink Sock's Acolyte |
| Leslie Malton | Sara |
| Gerd Neubert | Subway Drunk |
| Ilse Bahrs | |
| Karin Mumm | |
| Herbert Chwoika | |
| Barbara Stanek | |
| Ilse Trautschold | |
| Harry Riebauer | Man at the Conference |
| Dragomir Stanojević | Taxi Driver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrzej Żuławski | Director, Screenplay, Adaptation |
| Ingrid Zoré | Costume Design |
| Ronaldo Abreu | Makeup Artist |
| Laurence Azouvy | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Jean-José Richer | Production Manager |
| Knut Winkler | Unit Manager |
| Peter Alteneder | Props |
| Barbara Kloth | Assistant Art Director |
| Mario Stock | Props |
| Karl-Heinz Laabs | Sound |
| Jacques Maumont | Sound Mixer |
| Charles-Henri Assola | Special Effects |
| Daniel Braunschweig | Special Effects |
| Carlo Rambaldi | Special Effects, Creature Design |
| Willi Neuner | Stunts |
| Miomir Radević 'Pigi' | Stunts |
| Dragomir Stanojević | Stunts |
| Frederic Tuten | Dialogue, Adaptation |
| Norman Engel | Sound |
| Harald Muchametow | Unit Manager |
| Sabine Prenczina | Assistant Editor |
| Eva-Maria Schönecker | Assistant Director |
| Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz | Camera Operator |
| Andrzej Korzyński | Original Music Composer |
| Bruno Nuytten | Director of Photography |
| Marie-Sophie Dubus | Editor |
| Suzanne Lang-Willar | Editor |
| Holger Gross | Art Direction |
| Klaus-Michael Kuehn | Production Manager |
| Axel Behr | Unit Manager |
| Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt | Unit Manager |
| Wolfgang Kallnischkies | Props |
| Herbert Wiczorek | Stunts |
| Dieter Ahlich | Grip, Electrician |
| Manfred Bogdahn | Grip, Electrician |
| Ulrich Clauss | Still Photographer |
| Dieter Dentzer | Grip, Electrician |
| Peter Kalisch | Assistant Camera |
| Idislawe Kielar | Assistant Camera |
| Pascal Marti | Assistant Camera |
| Hans-Joachim Michalek | Grip, Electrician |
| Ernst Simoneit | Grip, Electrician |
| Pat Miller | Electrician |
| Barbara Lutz | Dresser |
| Helmut Preuss | Dresser |
| Jutta Omura | Assistant Editor |
| Christiane Helle | Continuity |
| Henry Dutrannoy | Accountant |
| Jürgen Holzheider | Accountant |
| Ernestine Kahn | Dialogue Coach |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marie-Laure Reyre | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 32 | 44 | 24 |
| 2024 | 5 | 37 | 53 | 24 |
| 2024 | 6 | 45 | 75 | 30 |
| 2024 | 7 | 42 | 85 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 40 | 82 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 | 27 | 43 | 20 |
| 2024 | 10 | 51 | 97 | 28 |
| 2024 | 11 | 36 | 63 | 25 |
| 2024 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 22 |
| 2025 | 1 | 32 | 54 | 22 |
| 2025 | 2 | 26 | 51 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 558 | 831 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 273 | 764 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 228 | 631 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 913 | 941 |