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