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- How long is Sheer Madness?
- Sheer Madness is 1 hr 50 min long.
- Who directed Sheer Madness?
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Who is Olga in Sheer Madness?
- Hanna Schygulla plays Olga in the film.
- What is Sheer Madness about?
- University professor Olga (Hanna Schygulla) becomes close friends with painter Ruth (Angela Winkler) after stopping her from killing herself at a party. The burgeoning relationship between the two women alarms both of their families. Mentally unstable Ruth lives with her husband, Franz (Peter Striebeck), who feels threatened by his wife's intense friendship with Olga. When Franz arranges for the two to take a cruise, Ruth begins to realize she must separate from her husband to find herself.