No Mercy, No Future (1981)

Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms

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?

Cast

Elisabeth Stepanek

Veronika Christoph

Nguyen Chi Danh

Der Erste

Karl Heinz Reimann

God's Child

Jorge Reis

Demba

Carola Regnier

Doctor

Abdel Wahed Askar

Ibrahim / Salem

Curt Curtini

Magician

Erika Dannhoff

The Dancing Death

Hasan Hasan

Monsef

Harald Hoedt

Countess