The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-10-05

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (4913 Reviews)

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Margit Carstensen Hanna Schygulla Katrin Schaake Eva Mattes

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in. The rest of the film deals with the emotions of this affair and its aftermath. Fassbinder tells his story in a series of 5 or 6 long scenes with extended uses of a single camera shot and deep focus.

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