An intensely autobiographical film in which Fassbinder portrays himself through Petra (Carstensen), a successful but lonely fashion designer who falls in love with a beautiful younger woman (Schygulla) very different from herself.
A visual and verbal extravaganza and a profound disquisition on loneliness, love, the compulsion to work, and the impossibility of truly honest relationships.
Die BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT (1972)
A brilliant all-female cast star in this visual and verbal extravaganza about a lonely fashion designer.
- 1972 Federal Republic of Germany
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Produced by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
- Written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Featuring
- Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
- Running time
- 124 minutes
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