{{distinguish|Shear Madness}} {{short description|1983 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Sheer Madness | image = Sheer Madness FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = Film poster | director = Margarethe von Trotta | producer = {{ubl|Eberhard Junkersdorf|Margaret Ménégoz}} | writer = Margarethe von Trotta | starring = {{ubl|Hanna Schygulla|Angela Winkler}} | cinematography = Michael Ballhaus | editing = Dagmar Hirtz | distributor = | released = {{film date|1983|2|24|df=yes}} (Berlin)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/heller-wahn_ea43d4a6ebca5006e03053d50b37753d|title=''Heller Wahn''|website=filmportal.de|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> | runtime = 105 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German }}
'''''Sheer Madness''''' ({{langx|de|'''Heller Wahn'''}}, and also released as '''''Friends and Husbands''''') is a 1983 German arthouse drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sheer_madness|title=Sheer Madness (1983)|accessdate=4 June 2013|work=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1983/02_programm_1983/02_Programm_1983.html |title=Berlinale: 1983 Programme |accessdate=18 November 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
==Cast== * Hanna Schygulla as Olga * Angela Winkler as Ruth * {{Ill|Peter Striebeck|de}} as Franz * Christine Fersen as Erika * Franz Buchrieser as Dieter * Wladimir Yordanoff as Alexaj * Agnes Fink as Ruth's mother * Felix Moeller as Christof * Jochen Striebeck as Bruno * Therese Affolter as Renate * Werner Eichhorn as Schlesinger * Karl Striebeck as Bruno's father
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{imdb title|id=0085666|title=Sheer Madness}}
{{Margarethe von Trotta}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheer Madness}} Category:1983 films Category:1983 drama films Category:West German films Category:German drama films Category:German independent films Category:1983 German-language films Category:Films directed by Margarethe von Trotta Category:Films produced by Margaret Ménégoz Category:1980s female buddy films Category:1983 German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub}} {{1980s-drama-film-stub}}