Fear of Fear

Fear of Fear

Fear of Fear

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Fear of Fear

1975

1h 31m

6.3(30 votes)

TV Movie

Drama

Overview

After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from postpartum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

Margot

Ulrich Faulhaber

Ulrich Faulhaber

Kurt, ihr Mann

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Mutter

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Lore

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Karli

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Herr Bauer

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Dr. Merck

Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Edda

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Schall

Herbert Steinmetz

Dr. Auer

Creative team

Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by: Asta Scheib
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by: Peter Märthesheimer

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