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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 Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill.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.
Original language:
German (DE)Status: Released
Release date US: 09/20/1985 (World premiere: 02/25/1983)
Cast:
Hanna Schygulla,
Angela Winkler,
Peter Striebeck,
Christine Fersen,
Franz Buchrieser,
Wladimir Yordanoff,
Agnes Fink,
Felix Moeller,
Jochen Striebeck,
Therese Affolter,
Werner Eichhorn,
Peter Aust,
Helga Ballhaus,
Carla Egerer,
Irene Clarin,
Felix von Manteuffel,
Axel Milberg,
Doris Schade
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Labour of Love"
"Kvindegalskab"
"L'amie"
"Lucida follia"
"Ren illusion"
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