Edith's Diary (1983)
When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful life where she has friends and grandchildren. However, this diversion soon grows unhealthy when she becomes slowly convinced that the fantasies are real.
Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer
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Angela Winkler as Edith Baumeister |
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Vadim Glowna as Paul Baumeister |
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Leopold von Verschuer as Chris Baumeister |
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Hans Madin as Uncle George |
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Irm Hermann as Sabina Angerwolf |
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Wolfgang Condrus as Bernd Angerwolf |
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Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Doctor Bleibig |
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Werner Eichhorn as Doctor Starr |
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Sona MacDonald as Katharina |
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Michaela Gries as Annemarie |
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Beate Tober as Helga |
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Jürgen Knieper as Pianist |
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Pierre Clémenti as |
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Susanne Kellermann as |
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Barbara Morawiecz as |
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Barbara Czerwinski as |
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Dieter Baier as |
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Britta Pohland as |
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Edith Stiller as |
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Erich Will as |
| Production | Dirk Voßmerbäumer | Unit Manager |
| Production | Michael Müller | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Stefaan Schieder | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Uwe Kanowski | Set Designer |
| Art | Heinz-Günter Körner | Property Master |
| Art | Mario Stock | Property Master |
| Sound | Detlef Schäfer | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Karl Baumgartner | Pyrotechnician |
| Visual Effects | Theo Nischwitz | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Wolfgang Becker | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Wolfgang Becker | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Horst Knechtel | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Wolfgang Repmann | Gaffer |
| Camera | Margarete Redl von Peinen | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jonny Müller | Dolly Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anneke Troost | Wardrobe Master |
| Editing | Sabine Jagiella | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Inka Buss | Production Accountant |
| Directing | Kerstin Rethmeier | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Tom Müller | Music Arranger |
| Crew | Willi Segler | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Rolf M. Degener | Line Producer |
| Directing | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Director |
| Writing | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Writer |
| Writing | Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
| Production | Rolf M. Degener | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Producer |
| Production | Willi Segler | Producer |
| Production | Luggi Waldleitner | Producer |
| Editing | Helga Borsche | Editor |
| Art | Toni Lüdi | Production Design |
| Art | Wolfgang J. Rux | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina von Martius | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerlinde Kunz | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Inge Kuhnert | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gerhard Müller | Sound |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |