Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss = Veronika Voss /
München, 1955: Die Film-Diva Veronika Voss, ein grosser Star der UFA-Zeit, einst angebliche Geliebte von Goebbels, hat ihre besten Zeiten hinter sich. In der BRD der Nachkriegszeit beginnt ihr Stern zu sinken, die Rollen bleiben aus. Einsam und drogenabhängig lebt sie im Sanatorium der Ärztin Dr. Ka...
| Uniform Title: | Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Motion picture) |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | In German with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection,
2003.
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| Series: | BRD trilogy ;
2. Criterion collection ; 205. Criterion collection ; 203, disc 2. |
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| Summary: | München, 1955: Die Film-Diva Veronika Voss, ein grosser Star der UFA-Zeit, einst angebliche Geliebte von Goebbels, hat ihre besten Zeiten hinter sich. In der BRD der Nachkriegszeit beginnt ihr Stern zu sinken, die Rollen bleiben aus. Einsam und drogenabhängig lebt sie im Sanatorium der Ärztin Dr. Katz. Doch die vermeintliche Wohltäterin ist ein Todesengel: Dr. Katz hält ihre Patientin gezielt morphiumabhängig, um sie sich gefügig zu machen und an das Vermögen der Diva zu kommen. Als Sportjournalist Robert Krohn Veronika kennen und lieben lernt, beschliesst er, sie aus den Fängen Dr. Katz' und ihrer Helferinnen zu berfreien. Doch will sich Veronika retten lassen? Once the toast of Germany, Veronika Voss had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. Playing to an increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life. Her self-destruction is accelerated by her Dr. Katz, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control of the actress's money and property. A well-meaning sportswriter tries to save Veronika from herself, sacrificing his own personal happiness - and the life of his girlfriend Cornelia Froeboess - in the process. Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories, Veronika Voss is the second of Fassbinder's "postwar trilogy" (the others are The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola). Tanz mit dem Tod: der Ufa-Star Sybille Schmitz: "This portrait of actress Sybille Schmitz was drawn from interviews with relatives and colleagues, and clips from her most important films. Dance with death [Sybille Schmitz, UFA star] reveals her enigmatic life, particularly her fate after World War II and the circumstances of her suicide in 1955, which informed R.W. Fassbinder's film about a fading film star, Veronika Voss." -- Criterion Collection |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Special features: New high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound; audio commentary by film critic and author Tony Rayns, editor of Fassbinder; new video conversation with star Rosel Zech and editor Juliane Lorenz; Dance with Death (Tanz mit dem Tod), a one-hour portrait of UFA Studios star Sybille Schmitz, Fassbinder's inspiration for the character Veronika Voss. "Under exclusive license from Wellspring Media."--Container. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Peer Raben ; director of photography, Xaver Schwarzenberger ; art direction, Rolf Zehetbauer ; editor, Juliane Lorenz ; costume designer, Barbara Baum. |
| ISBN: | 1559409452 9781559409452 1559409428 9781559409421 |
| Access: | Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. |