No Mercy, No Future (1981)
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7% want to see it
(27 ratings)
In an unusual move for a major West German production, this film was not scripted but improvised as the actors went along. It chronicles a limited time period from the life of a schizophrenic woman whose activities are divided between the bed and trying to commit suicide. The woman comes from a… More In an unusual move for a major West German production, this film was not scripted but improvised as the actors went along. It chronicles a limited time period from the life of a schizophrenic woman whose activities are divided between the bed and trying to commit suicide. The woman comes from a wealthy family and for unknown reasons, is never given a real chance at psychotherapy or medical care, let alone medication. Instead she drifts from a Jesus commune, to hotels, to the marriage registration office, all the while looking for a lover who is Jesus incarnate. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Helma Sanders-Brahms
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- Studio
- Facets
Critic Reviews
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Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online
It's a hard, troubling, provocative film, directed with a mix of street realism and subjective hallucination...
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Cast
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Elisabeth Stepanek
as Veronika Christoph
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Erika Dannhoff
as Countess in Garden
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Carola Regnier
as Woman Doctor
- Karl Heinz
- Imgard Mellinger
- Nguyen Chi Danh
- Abdel Wahed Askar
- Hasan Hasan
- Curt Curtini
- Gunther Ehlert
- Jorge Reis
- Karl Heinz Reimann
- Irmgard Mellinge
