A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth century woman who wants to have a mind of her own. She defies convention and will do anything to achieve her freedom from oppression by her family and friends.
Margit Carstensen
as Geesche Gottfried
Wolfgang Schenck
as Gottfried
Wolfgang Kieling
as Timm
Hanna Schygulla
as Luisa Mauer
Lilo Pempeit
as Mother
Kurt Raab
as Zimmerman
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Rumpf
Walter Sedlmayr
as Pastor Markus
Ulli Lommel
as Miltenberger
