title: Sheer Madness
text: # Sheer Madness
  
  Sheer Madness (German: Heller Wahn, and also released as Friends and Husbands) is a 1983 German arthouse drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * 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
  * Therese Affolter as Renate
  * Werner Eichhorn as Schlesinger
  * Karl Striebeck as Bruno's father
  