''Sheer Madness'' (german: Heller Wahn, and also released as ''Friends and Husbands'') is a 1983 German

arthouse An art film (or arthouse film) is typically an independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.

. It was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, ''Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film ''Ascendancy (fil ...

Cast

Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German ...

as Olga *

Angela Winkler Angela Winkler (born 22 January 1944) is a German actress. Life and career Born in Templin, Winkler trained to be a medical technologist in Stuttgart. Interested in theater, she went to Munich, where she took acting classes with Ernst Fritz ...

as Ruth * Peter Striebeck as Franz * Christine Fersen as Erika *

Franz Buchrieser Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

as Dieter *

Wladimir Yordanoff Wladimir Yordanoff ( bg, Владимир Йорданов; 28 March 1954 – 6 October 2020) was a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditio ...

as Alexaj *

Agnes Fink Agnes or Agness may refer to: People *Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness *Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat Places * Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town * Agnes, Missouri, United ...

as Ruth's mother * Felix Moeller as Christof * Jochen Striebeck as Bruno * Therese Affolter as Renate * Werner Eichhorn as Schlesinger * Karl Striebeck as Bruno's father

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* 1983 films 1983 drama films West German films German drama films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Margarethe von Trotta Films produced by Margaret Ménégoz 1980s female buddy films 1980s German films {{1980s-drama-film-stub