Heller Wahn (1983)
Sheer Madness
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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Hanna Schygulla
as Olga
as Olga
Angela Winkler
as Ruth
as Ruth
Peter Striebeck
as Franz
as Franz
Christine Fersen
as Erika
as Erika
Franz Buchrieser
as Dieter
as Dieter
Wladimir Yordanoff
as Alexaj
as Alexaj
Agnes Fink
as Ruth's mother
as Ruth's mother
Felix Moeller
as Christof
as Christof
Jochen Striebeck
as Bruno
as Bruno
Helga Ballhaus
as
as
Therese Affolter
as
as
Werner Eichhorn
as
as
Peter Aust
as
as
Carla Egerer
as
as
Irene Clarin
as
as
Felix von Manteuffel
as
as
Axel Milberg
as
as
Doris Schade
as
as
Margarethe von Trotta
as
as
Crew arrow_drop_down
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Director
Margarethe von Trotta
Writer
Writer
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer
Producer
Nicolas Economou
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Dagmar Hirtz
Editor
Editor
Jürgen Henze
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Werner Mink
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Monika Hasse
Costume Design
Costume Design
