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  • Sheer Madness (1983)
  • Not Rated
    105 min | Drama
Sheer Madness (1983)
Not Rated
105 min | 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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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, ...See moreOlga 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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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. Written by See less
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Sep 20, 1985 (United States)

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22 cast members
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Agnes Fink
Ruth's mother Ruth's mother   See fewer
Felix Moeller
Christof Christof   See fewer
Werner Eichhorn
Schlesinger Schlesinger   See fewer
Karl Striebeck
Bruno's father Bruno's father   See fewer
Peter Aust
Hansen Hansen   See fewer
Helga Ballhaus
Gallery Owner Gallery Owner   See fewer
Selda Bondy
Doctor Doctor   See fewer
Carla Egerer
Frau Hansen Frau Hansen   See fewer
Irene Clarin
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Doris Schade
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Margarethe von Trotta
Studentin (uncredited) Studentin (uncredited)   See fewer
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