Fear of Fear
1976, German. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from postpartum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Fear of Fear is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 15 October 1976
- Original title
- Angst vor der Angst
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Asta Scheib, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Fear of Fear runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Fear of Fear is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Fear of Fear?
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Who directed Fear of Fear?
Fear of Fear (1976) was directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and stars Margit Carstensen, Ulrich Faulhaber, Brigitte Mira.