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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)
Release Date:
5 October 1972 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
Sex is the ultimate weapon.
Plot:
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Great film, glad I don't live there more (18 total)
Cast
(Complete credited 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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (USA)
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Runtime:
124 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I | Singapore:R(A) | UK:15 | West Germany:16
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote the entire screenplay for the film by hand during a single 12-hour flight from Berlin to Los Angeles. more
Quotes:
Petra von Kant: It's a waste of time being nice to servants. more
Movie Connections:
References The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) more
Soundtrack:
The Great Pretender more
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One reviewer described Bitter Tears as "a high camp lesbian slumber party", and that sort of sums it up, except that the blankets are like the dressing gown Medea made for Jason's wife - dipped in acid. Fassbinder adapted it from his own play and basically filmed a performance - there's only one set, Petra's apartment, and the characters come and go exactly as in the play, with one crucial difference in the last minute of the movie. All the usual suspects are here; Margit Carstensen has a ball as the Swansonesque Petra, Hanna Schygulla slinks and drawls as Petra's lover, Irm Hermann is at her beaky best as the watchful Marlene. It all culminates in the birthday party to end all birthday parties. A tough one to get into, but you'll never see anything like it anywhere else.