Where to Watch Sheer Madness (1985)

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Sheer Madness' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Sheer Madness' right now, here are some specifics about the Les Films du Losange, WDR, Neue Bioskop Film drama flick.

Released September 20th, 1985, 'Sheer Madness' stars Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a user score of 66 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 6 respected users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature. Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly mentally ill. Ruth dreams in black and white, sometimes of her suicide. Olga lectures on a 19th-century writer, von Günderrode, a suicide after the breakup of her intense friendship with Bettina Brentano. Ruth's husband Franz encourages the women's friendship, then, as Olga draws Ruth out and the friendship deepens, he becomes jealous. After the women travel to Egypt, Franz has a tirade. Ruth seems crushed between her husband and her friend, and how she responds is the film's climax." .