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The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Original title: Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
  • 19721972
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
10K
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Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla in The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
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A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman.A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman.A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
10K
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    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(play)
  • Stars
    • Margit Carstensen
    • Hanna Schygulla
    • Katrin Schaake
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(play)
  • Stars
    • Margit Carstensen
    • Hanna Schygulla
    • Katrin Schaake
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    • 35User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla in The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
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    Margit Carstensen
    Margit Carstensen
    • Petra von Kant
    • (as Margit Cartensen)
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Karin Thimm
    Katrin Schaake
    Katrin Schaake
    • Sidonie von Grasenabb
    Eva Mattes
    Eva Mattes
    • Gabriele von Kant
    Gisela Fackeldey
    • Valerie von Kant
    Irm Hermann
    Irm Hermann
    • Marlene
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(play) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote the entire screenplay for the film by hand during a single 12-hour flight from Berlin to Los Angeles.
    • Quotes

      Petra von Kant: I think people need each other, they're made that way. But they haven't learnt how to live together.

    • Crazy credits
      Gewidmet dem, der hier Marlene wurde. (Dedicated to the one who became Marlene here)
    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Movies to Change the World (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      The Great Pretender
      Written by Buck Ram
      Performed by The Platters

    User reviews35

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    8/10
    Gargantuan Performance...
    ... by Margit Carstensen playing the selfish, vindictive and arrogant title role. A filmed play, set in one space, all female cast and the words of Rainer Werner Fassbinder shattering like glass as the soul of a fashion designer is dissected before your very eyes.
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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1972 (West Germany)
      • West Germany
      • Criterion (United States)
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      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Filmverlag der Autoren
      • Tango Film
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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
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