Sheer Madness

Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with the men in their lives.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

as Olga

Angela Winkler

as Ruth

Peter Striebeck

as Franz

Christine Fersen

as Erika

Franz Buchrieser

as Dieter

Wladimir Yordanoff

as Alexaj

Agnes Fink

as Ruth's mother

Felix Moeller

as Christof

Jochen Striebeck

as Bruno

Helga Ballhaus

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