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 | Michael Müller | Unit Manager |
| Production | Dirk Voßmerbäumer | Unit Manager |
| Art | Mario Stock | Property Master |
| Directing | Stefaan Schieder | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Detlef Schäfer | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Uwe Kanowski | Set Designer |
| Art | Heinz-Günter Körner | Property Master |
| Visual Effects | Theo Nischwitz | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Rolf M. Degener | Line Producer |
| Camera | Jonny Müller | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Kerstin Rethmeier | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Wolfgang Becker | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anneke Troost | Wardrobe Master |
| Editing | Sabine Jagiella | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Horst Knechtel | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Wolfgang Becker | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Karl Baumgartner | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Willi Segler | Commissioning Editor |
| Camera | Margarete Redl von Peinen | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Wolfgang Repmann | Gaffer |
| Sound | Tom Müller | Music Arranger |
| Production | Inka Buss | Production Accountant |
| Directing | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Director |
| Sound | Gerhard Müller | Sound |
| Production | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Producer |
| Editing | Helga Borsche | Editor |
| Writing | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Writer |
| Writing | Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
| Production | Willi Segler | Producer |
| Production | Rolf M. Degener | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Wolfgang J. Rux | Production Design |
| Production | Luggi Waldleitner | Producer |
| Art | Toni Lüdi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina von Martius | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerlinde Kunz | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Inge Kuhnert | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |