Sheer Madness
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta6.683%6.8
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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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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Sheer Madness was released on August 15, 1983.
Sheer Madness was directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
Sheer Madness has a runtime of 1h 45m.
Sheer Madness was produced by Margaret Ménégoz, Eberhard Junkersdorf.
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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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.
The key characters in Sheer Madness are Olga (Hanna Schygulla), Ruth (Angela Winkler), Franz (Peter Striebeck).
Sheer Madness is rated Not Rated.
Sheer Madness is a Drama film.