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Sheer Madness (1983)

Sheer Madness

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16

1h 45m

February 24th, 1983

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Synopsis

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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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.

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1 wins and 2 nominations

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Cast

Hanna Schygulla
Olga
Angela Winkler
Ruth
Peter Striebeck
Franz
Christine Fersen
Erika
Franz Buchrieser
Dieter
Wladimir Yordanoff
Alexaj
Agnes Fink
Ruth's Mother
Felix Moeller
Christof
Jochen Striebeck
Bruno
Therese Affolter
Renate
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Directors

Margarethe von Trotta
Full cast & crew

Producers

Eberhard Junkersdorf
producer
Margaret Ménégoz
producer
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Writers

Margarethe von Trotta
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Keywords

friendship
male female relationship
f rated
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Country of Origin

France
Germany

Languages

German

Release Dates

April 15th, 1984 (Australia)
October 2nd, 1987 (Denmark)
December 8th, 1983 (Denmark) (German Film Week)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Heller Wahn (original title)
Labour of Love (Australia)
Kvindegalskab (Denmark)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Berlin, Germany
Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
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Running Times

105 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Production Companies

Bioskop Film
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Les Films du Losange
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Distribution Companies

New Vision Films (Australia)
Gaumont (France)
Filmverlag der Autoren (Germany)
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