Fear of Fear
Jul 08 1975
•1h 28m
•TV Movie, Drama
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.
Cast
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Margit Carstensen
Margot
Ulrich Faulhaber
Kurt, ihr Mann
Brigitte Mira
Mutter
Irm Hermann
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