Fear of Fear

★★★★★

Original title: Angst vor der Angst

1975 · 1 h 31 min

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drama

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Cast

Margit Carstensen

Credits

Written by: Asta Scheib

Plot

A woman suffers from anxiety.

Sinekatalog’s take

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's TV drama follows a bourgeois housewife whose fear spirals into pills, alcohol and isolation. Margit Carstensen is outstanding in a cool, claustrophobic and sympathetic portrait of anxiety.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,183 votes)
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