In the shadow of a city torn in two, a woman trapped between the cold walls of marriage and a husband crumbling in his pursuit of the truth. Andrzej Żuławski’s camera, set against the destructive atmosphere of the Berlin Wall, observes how an ordinary separation evolves into a grotesque nightmare. One of the most jarring examples of the horror genre, this film transforms a pursuit that begins with suspicion of infidelity into a fit of hysteria that teeters on the edge of sanity, step by step. The psychological breakdown unfolding behind closed doors is sealed by a dark obsession that spreads to the streets and into the human body.

5 wins & 4 nominations total