Sheer Madness

Name: Sheer Madness
Genre: drama
Released: 1983
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen, Franz Buchrieser

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An arthouse drama exploring the complex social, romantic, and professional dynamics of an ensemble cast in 1980s Berlin.

Drama · 7.1/10 · 105 min · 1983

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.

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Margarethe von Trotta
writer

Margarethe von Trotta
actor

as Olga

Hanna Schygulla
actor

as Ruth

Angela Winkler
actor

as Franz

Peter Striebeck

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