Sheer Madness
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Sheer Madness

6.6 / 10 | 1h 45m
1985 | Drama
Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature. Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill. Ruth dreams in black and white, sometimes of her suicide. Olga lectures on a 19th-century writer, von Günderrode, a suicide after the breakup of her intense friendship with Bettina Brentano. Ruth's husband Franz encourages the women's friendship, then, as Olga draws Ruth out and the friendship deepens, he becomes jealous. After the women travel to Egypt, Franz has a tirade. Ruth seems crushed between her husband and her friend, and how she responds is the film's climax.

Cast List (19)

Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Olga
Angela Winkler
Angela Winkler
Ruth
Franz Buchrieser
Franz Buchrieser
Dieter
Wladimir Yordanoff
Wladimir Yordanoff
Alexaj
Therese Affolter
Therese Affolter
Renate
Jochen Striebeck
Jochen Striebeck
Bruno
Werner Eichhorn
Werner Eichhorn
Schlesinger
Carla Egerer
Carla Egerer
Frau Hansen
Christine Fersen
Christine Fersen
Erika
Felix Moeller
Felix Moeller
Christof
Helga Ballhaus
Helga Ballhaus
Gallery Owner
Selda Bondy
Selda Bondy
Doctor
Peter Striebeck
Peter Striebeck
Franz
Agnes Fink
Agnes Fink
Ruth's mother
Karl Striebeck
Karl Striebeck
Bruno's father
Peter Aust
Peter Aust
Hansen
Alexander Völz
Alexander Völz
Child
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Writer

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