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Fear of Fear

6.319761h 28mMovieTV MovieDrama

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

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
WritersAsta Scheib·Rainer Werner Fassbinder
ProducerPeter Märthesheimer

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

MCMargit Carstensen
Margit Carstensen
Margot
UFUlrich Faulhaber
Ulrich Faulhaber
Kurt, ihr Mann
BMBrigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira
Mutter
IHIrm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Lore
AMArmin Meier
Armin Meier
Karli
KRKurt Raab
Kurt Raab
Herr Bauer
AHAdrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven
Dr. Merck
ICIngrid Caven
Ingrid Caven
Edda
LPLilo Pempeit
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schall
HS
Herbert Steinmetz
Dr. Auer
HBHark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Dr. Rozenbaum
AEAlfred Edel
Alfred Edel
Patient (uncredited)

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