Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant, Die (1972)

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 octobre 1972 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Sex is the ultimate weapon.

Plot:

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary...

Plot Keywords:

Closeted Homosexual | Girlfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Lesbian | Divorce | Heartache

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

One of Fassbinder's most intense films

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s) :

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (USA)
Larmes amères de Petra von Kant, Les (France) [fr]

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Hong Kong:I | Singapore:R(A) | UK:15 | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Anecdotes:

Film was shot in ten days.

Guillemet:

Petra von Kant: It's easy to pity, Sidonie, but so much harder to understand. If you understand someone, don't pity them, change them. Only pity what you cant understand.

Connexions De Film:

References The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

Soundtrack:

The Great Pretender

One of Fassbinder's most intense films

Petra von Kant is Rainer Werner Fassbinder at his very best. Every single cut in this film looks absolutely gorgeous, the photography is stunning, and the actors look as if they haven't got a single feeling left to feel - except bitterness. It's also one of Fassbinder's most relentless and uncompromising dramas; the atmosphere of despair and loneliness is intense and effected me deeply, and the humor one finds in some of the director's other films is almost totally absent. Disney fans should probably think twice before viewing.