After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
Margit Carstensen
as Margot
Ulrich Faulhaber
as Kurt, ihr Mann
Brigitte Mira
as Mutter
Irm Hermann
as Lore
Armin Meier
as Karli
Kurt Raab
as Herr Bauer
Adrian Hoven
as Dr. Merck
Ingrid Caven
as Edda
Lilo Pempeit
as Mrs. Schall
Herbert Steinmetz
as Dr. Auer
Hark Bohm
as Dr. Rozenbaum
Alfred Edel
as Patient (uncredited)