Mental Cruelty
1962, German. Directed by Hannes Schmidhauser.
On a summer morning, the opening of the trial in the Zurich District Court is scheduled for 8 a.m. The case of Marlene Faber and Nick Merk's divorce is being heard on the grounds of "mental cruelty." The couple is waiting outside the courtroom for their divorce and is reliving their marriage: from the honeymoon to the first quarrels and the end.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 15 February 1962
- Original title
- Seelische Grausamkeit
- Country
- Switzerland
- Written by
- Hannes Schmidhauser, Otto Ritter
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Mental Cruelty runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Mental Cruelty isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 February 1962. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Mental Cruelty?
Mental Cruelty (1962) was directed by Hannes Schmidhauser and stars Gitty Djamal, Hannes Schmidhauser, Erwin Strahl.