A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth century woman who wants to have a mind of her own. She defies convention and will do anything to achieve her freedom from oppression by her family and friends. (synopsis written by Will Gilbert)

Sanda spends all her time working in a plastic factory, raising her two small children and catering to an indifferent husband, leaving little room for herself. A chance encounter with another man may offer her an escape from her daily chores.

In the center of a monotonous suburban existence, Sarah lives silently and in subservience to her icy husband Patrick. They have been together far too long, and Patrick's affections for his wife have all but vanished. Instead, his sexual urges are tempting him to lust after their own son. Realizing how far gone her husband is, Sarah undertakes drastic, shockingly sickening measures to salvage some sense of her life and purge her years of festering resentment.

El orden y la tranquilidad de la familia Cataño es quebrantado el día en que toca a la puerta un vendedor de aspiradoras, empeñado en vender uno de sus modernos productos. A partir de ese momento, la adolescente Maru soñará con romper las cadenas que la atan a su conservadora familia.

En la Inglaterra victoriana, una bella mujer (Ingrid Bergman) se casa con un famoso pianista (Charles Boyer). La felicidad desaparece cuando en la casa, donde años atrás se cometió un asesinato, la mujer empieza a oír extraños e inexplicables ruidos; mientras tanto, su marido la atormenta hasta hacerla creer que se está volviendo loca.