Plot Summary:A serial killer is on the run, after escaping a mental institution. He befriends a woman and her child, but the urge to strangle women with red necklaces still haunts him.
"Der rote Rausch" is the story of a schizophrenic murderer who suffers from amnesia regarding his deeds. Beginning to grasp them, he went to a sanatorium. Klaus Kinski, in his debut as main actor, is playing the murderer who is obsessed by necklaces of red corals.