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Sheer Madness   1983         N/R, 105 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: Friends and Husbands Director: Margarethe von Trotta   Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen, Franz Buchrieser, Jochen Striebeck, Wladimir Yordanoff, Therese Affolter, Agnes Fink, Werner Eichhorn   Pianist and feminist literature teacher Olga (Hanna Schygulla) enjoys a relationship with an artist harboring suicidal tendencies, Ruth (Angela Winkler). The friendship is encouraged by Ruth's husband, Franz (Peter Striebeck). However, as the women rely more and more on each other, Franz feels left out, and problems ensue.