Veronika Voss (1982)
"Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss" (original title)

Munich, 1955: A sports journalist meets Veronika Voss, an UFA actress who supposedly had an affair with Goebbels. Now declining, Voss is kept by her "kind" doctor, Dr. Katz, supplying her ... See full summary »

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich,

Stars:

Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rosel Zech	...	Veronika Voss
Hilmar Thate	...	Robert Krohn
Cornelia Froboess	...	Henriette
Annemarie Düringer	...	Dr. Marianne Katz
Doris Schade	...	Josefa
Erik Schumann	...	Dr. Edel
Peter Berling	...	Filmproduzent / Dicker Mann
Günther Kaufmann	...	G.I. / Dealer (as Günter Kaufmann)
Sonja Neudorfer	...	Verkäuferin
Lilo Pempeit	...	Chehm
Volker Spengler	...	1. Regisseur
Herbert Steinmetz	...	Gärtner
Elisabeth Volkmann	...	Grete
Hans Wyprächtiger	...	Chefredakteur
Peter Zadek	...	2. Regisseur

Storyline

Munich, 1955: A sports journalist meets Veronika Voss, an UFA actress who supposedly had an affair with Goebbels. Now declining, Voss is kept by her "kind" doctor, Dr. Katz, supplying her house, food, clean clothes and her favourite: morphine. Voss, trying to come back towards the cinema, cannot perform an absurdly simple scene, but it attracts the attention of the journalist, who suspects that something's very wrong regarding her doctor.

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | morphine | tragedy | drug addiction | clinic | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

18 February 1982 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Veronika Voss

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 2,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bavaria Film, Laura Film, Maran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the true story of German film star Sybille Schmitz.

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Quotes

Veronika Voss: You've given me a great deal of happiness.
Dr. Marianne Katz: I sold it to you.

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Connections

References Titanic (1943)

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Soundtracks

"Run, boy run"
Written by Lee Hazlewood
Performed by Sanford Clark

User Reviews

great noir film

OK yes this a European film ,not a mind numb American film it has depth and layers its not ET ,its something of something of a later day Orson Wells noir B/W cinematic gem ,that echoes the 1940s but was filmed in the 80s. Voss a sort of Marlena Dietrich in the film ,she goes in and out of reality due to morphine from her keepers( a corrupt Dr)Set in 1950s Berlin( the zone) black American soldier,pop American songs on the radio. A drug induced gem of a film ,Fassbinder himself was an addict and he captures the prison of addiction in this film .The setting an aging German ex- prewar film sex symbol ,now the wars over and so is her career. shes held captive by drugs given to her in an sanitarium while the good doctor robs her blind and abuses her and others in in a blissful deranged fantasy life ,she provides in cold war Germany in the allied section .An sports reporter has a chance encounter with Voss on a train during a rain and is captivated by her sex appeal and vulnerability .he realizes the gravity of her life and the doctors evil business and the drugs .Then he tries to help her while infatuated, its black and white with high contrast glittery dream sequences, were reality becomes a dream and the starkness becomes sparkly and Voss is again a star.This movie id GREAT i certainly can not express the quality through my ramblings buy it

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