Synopsis
Veronika is a young, devoutly religious Berlin woman from a strict bourgeois background diagnosed with schizophrenia. She experiences a profound mystical awakening, leading her to believe she is chosen by God to experience and absorb all human suffering through extreme asceticism and indiscriminate sexual encounters.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Helma Sanders-BrahmsDirector
- Helma Sanders-BrahmsWriter
- Harald GroßkopfOriginal Music Composer
- Manfred OpitzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elisabeth StepanekVeronika Christoph
- Nguyen Chi DanhDer Erste
- Karl Heinz ReimannGod's Child
- Jorge ReisDemba
- Carola RegnierDoctor
- Abdel Wahed AskarIbrahim / Salem
- Curt CurtiniMagician
- Erika DannhoffThe Dancing Death
- Hasan HasanMonsef
- Harald HoedtCountess
- Irmgard MellingerVeronika's Mother
- Hubertus von WeyrauchVeronika's Father
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Themes
schizophreniawoman director