No Mercy, No Future (1981)
Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she searches for Jesus. She has sent a letter to a filmmaker suggesting her life as the subject for a movie. We see her raped then take up with a series of men she believes are Jesus, each willing or insistent on sex. A young man with his own crisis of faith invites her to join a cult. We see her involuntarily committed to an asylum from time to time where medication and constraints await. Her wealthy parents are helpless. Will a medical professional ever talk to her? If one did, would it help?
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms
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Elisabeth Stepanek as Veronika Christoph |
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Nguyen Chi Danh as Der Erste |
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Karl Heinz Reimann as God's Child |
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Jorge Reis as Demba |
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Carola Regnier as Doctor |
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Abdel Wahed Askar as Ibrahim / Salem |
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Curt Curtini as Magician |
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Erika Dannhoff as The Dancing Death |
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Hasan Hasan as Monsef |
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Harald Hoedt as Countess |
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Irmgard Mellinger as Veronika's Mother |
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Hubertus von Weyrauch as Veronika's Father |
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Erich Koltschack as Old Man |
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Nabil Reiroumi as Sick Man |
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George Stamkoski as Greek Man |
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Günther Ehlert as |
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Production | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Producer |
| Directing | Christa Ritter | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Ursula West | Editor |
| Art | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Thomas Mauch | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jürgen H. Bäcker | Production Manager |
| Writing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Writer |
| Camera | Fritz Poppenberg | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jürgen H. Bäcker | Construction Foreman |
| Editing | Hanni Lawerenz | Assistant Editor |
| Lighting | Ralf Lotzin | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Ebba Jahn | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Property Master |
| Directing | Rolf Kastin | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Business Affairs Coordinator |
| Sound | Margit Eschenbach | Sound |
| Camera | Bettina Böhler | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Bettina Böhler | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Hanni Lawerenz | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Hans-Dieter Schwarz | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Rolf Kastin | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Harald Großkopf | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Manfred Opitz | Original Music Composer |
