Irm Hermann

A Woman in Berlin -- Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin, a female German journalist develops a complex symbiotic relationship with a Russian officer that forces them to remain enemies until the bitter end.

Mother Kusters is the wife of a factory worker who goes beserk one day, killing himself and the boss' son. Mother finds herself a media celebrity, which only serves to make herself and her late husband look like idiots.

A housewife locked into a dull life with her distracted husband as she slow descent into suicidal depression after having her second child.

This tale of intermingled love and hate is directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and is the 13th of the 33 films he made in his short life. It explores the universal dynamics present in close human relationships, even lesbian ones.