Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.
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Edith Clever as The Woman
Markus Mühleisen as Stefan
Bruno Ganz as Bruno
Michael Lonsdale as The Waiter
Angela Winkler as Franziska
Ines Des Longchamps as The Woman with the Child
Philippe Caizergues as Stefans Freund
Gérard Depardieu as The Man with the T-Shirt
Bernhard Wicki as The Publisher
Nicholas Novikoff as Driver
Jany Holt as The Woman in the Meeting Room
Bernhard Minetti as The Father
Rüdiger Vogler as The Actor
Peter Handke Director
Peter Handke Novel
Barbara von Weitershausen Assistant Editor
Eva Hiller Script Supervisor
F.C. Maye Assistant Director
F.C. Maye Assistant Editor
Peter Stephan Jungk Assistant Director
Joachim von Mengershausen Producer
Nora Petrossian Production Manager
Peter Przygodda Editor
Ruth Walz Still Photographer
Uli Winkler Original Music Composer
Uli Winkler Sound
Yves Osmu Assistant Sound Editor
Martin Schäfer Assistant Camera
Rainer Lorenz Sound Mixer
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