Films From Margarethe Von Trotta Trotta 3 Pack Available for the first time on DVD All three Margarethe von Trotta films In a Specially priced DVD boxed set." "Sisters or the Balance of Happiness" "The Second Awakening of Christa Klages" "Sheer Madness" Just $79.95 Buy: Amazon.com Sheer Madness Director Margarethe von Trotta weaves a wondrously compelling tale of friendship and feminism around the relationship between two seemingly opposite women. Olga (Hanna Schygulla) is a professor of women's literature, Ruth (Angela Winkler) is a gifted and extremely reticent artist who is desperately fearful of the outside world. From their first meeting they share a warmth and understanding that transcends the outside world. Stunningly acted, "Sheer Madness" may be the most powerful of von Trotta's works to date. German – 106mins – Color DVD: $29.95 To Buy: Amazon.com To Rent: Netflix Two sisters share a complex and compelling relationship in the well crafted film about sibling rivalry. Anna (Gudrn Gabriel) seems dependent, emotionally and economically, on Maria (Jutta Lampe). Successive inward turns of the screw reveal them, Siamese twin-like, bonded to one another, so that eventually it is uncertain as to who exploits and dominates whom. "Sisters or the Balance of Happiness" probes into psychic extremes, it is both tender and violent, delicate and melodramatic. German – 97mins – Color DVD: $29.95 To Buy: Amazon.com To Rent: Netflix Sisters or the Balance of Happiness The Second Awakening of Christa Klages Director Margarethe von Trotta's first solo effort is an intense political drama that embraces the theme of closeness between women. Christa (Tina Engel) is a young mother who, distraught over the prospect that her children's day care center is running out of money, executes a bank robbery with the assistance of her lover Werner and another friend. Werner is killed during the attempt and when it becomes clear that the police are after her, Christa flees to the Portuguese country house of her friend Ingrid, a situation that threatens both women's safety. German – 93mins – Color DVD: $29.95 To Buy: Amazon.com To Rent: Netflix