Fear of Fear

Fear of Fear

88 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 8, 1975

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

Fear of Fear

88 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 8, 1975

Fear of Fear
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original title Angst vor der Angst
Directors Renate Leiffer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Asta Scheib, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Margit Carstensen

as Margot

Ulrich Faulhaber

as Kurt, ihr Mann

Brigitte Mira

as Mutter

Irm Hermann

as Lore

Armin Meier

as Karli

Kurt Raab

as Herr Bauer

Adrian Hoven

as Dr. Merck

Ingrid Caven

as Edda

Lilo Pempeit

as Mrs. Schall

Herbert Steinmetz

as Dr. Auer

Hark Bohm

as Dr. Rozenbaum

Alfred Edel

as Patient (uncredited)