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Director: |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Starring: |
Margit Carstensen, Constanze Haas, Hark Bohm, Herbert Steinmetz, Helga Maerthesheimer, Lilo Pempeit, Ingrid Caven, Kurt Raab, Adrian Hoven, Armin Meier, Irm Hermann, Brigitte Mira, Ulrich Faulhaber
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Genres: |
Drama, Television
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
German
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
88 min
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and Fassbinder adopts the stylized acting and framing techniques of the 1950s melodrama to explore the frailty of the human condition and the strength of the individual in the face of these oppressive forces.
Fear of Fear
While pregnant with her second child, Margot experiences crippling anxiety, which she fears will drive her insane. Desperate to maintain her sanity, Margot begins to rely on a dangerous cocktail of cognac and Valium.
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