The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from postpartum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Rainer Werner FassbinderWriter
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Margit CarstensenMargot
- Ulrich FaulhaberKurt, ihr Mann
- Brigitte MiraMutter
- Irm HermannLore
- Armin MeierKarli
- Kurt RaabHerr Bauer
- Adrian HovenDr. Merck
- Ingrid CavenEdda
- Lilo PempeitMrs. Schall
- Herbert SteinmetzDr. Auer
- Hark BohmDr. Rozenbaum
- Alfred EdelPatient (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
pregnancymental health