Title: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant AKA: -- Year: 1972 Original title: Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes Country: West Germany Language: German Subtitles: English (hard-subbed) Genre: Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast Margit Carstensen ... Petra von Kant Hanna Schygulla ... Karin Thimm Katrin Schaake ... Sidonie von Grasenabb Eva Mattes ... Gabriele von Kant Gisela Fackeldey ... Valerie von Kant Irm Hermann ... Marlene
Plot / Synopsis
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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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
