"Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with the men in their lives."
Hanna Schygulla
as Olga
Angela Winkler
as Ruth
Peter Striebeck
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
Helga Ballhaus
as
Therese Affolter
Werner Eichhorn
Peter Aust
Carla Egerer
Irene Clarin
Felix von Manteuffel
Axel Milberg
Doris Schade
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Writer
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Jürgen Henze
Set Decoration
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Nicolas Economou
Original Music Composer
Dagmar Hirtz
Editor
Monika Hasse
Costume Design
Werner Mink
Eberhard Junkersdorf