Film

Fear of Fear

6.319761h 28mTV Movie Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Year: 1976

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

Top cast

Margit Carstensen

Margot

Ulrich Faulhaber

Kurt, ihr Mann

Brigitte Mira

Mutter

Irm Hermann

Lore

Armin Meier

Karli

Kurt Raab

Herr Bauer

Adrian Hoven

Dr. Merck

Ingrid Caven

Edda

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Schall

Herbert Steinmetz

Dr. Auer

Hark Bohm

Dr. Rozenbaum

Alfred Edel

Patient (uncredited)

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Written by

Asta Scheib, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Produced by

Peter Märthesheimer