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No Mercy, No Future

Drama
4.5·1981·1h 43m

Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing ...

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Cast

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Elisabeth Stepanek

Veronika Christoph

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Nguyen Chi Danh

Der Erste

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Karl Heinz Reimann

God's Child

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Jorge Reis

Demba

Carola Regnier

Carola Regnier

Doctor

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Abdel Wahed Askar

Ibrahim / Salem

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Curt Curtini

Magician

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Erika Dannhoff

The Dancing Death

DIRECTOR

Helma Sanders-Brahms

OVERVIEW

Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she searches for Jesus. She has sent a letter to a filmmaker suggesting her life as the subject for a movie. We see her raped then take up with a series of men she believes are Jesus, each willing or insistent on sex. A young man with his own crisis of faith invites her to join a cult. We see her involuntarily committed to an asylum from time to time where medication and constraints await. Her wealthy parents are helpless. Will a medical professional ever talk to her? If one did, would it help?