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Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant : ein Krankheitsfall gewidmet dem, der hier Marlene wurde /

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One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a ha...

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Uniform Title:Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Platters (Musical group) (composer (expression)), Walker Brothers (composer (expression))
Other Authors: Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982 (Screenwriter), Carstensen, Margit, 1940- (Actor), Schygulla, Hanna, 1943- (Actor), Schaake, Katrin (Actor), Mattes, Eva, 1955- (Actor), Hermann, Irm (Actor), Fackeldey, Gisela (Actor), Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017 (director of photography.), Eymèsz, Thea (Film editor), Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (composer (expression)), Shattuc, Jane (interviewee (expression)), Zech, Rosel, 1942-2011 (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with optional subtitles in English.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 740.
Subjects:
Fashion designers > Drama.
Actors > Drama.
Lesbian couples > Drama.
Dominance (Psychology) > Drama.
Jealousy > Drama.
Germany (West) > Drama.
Actors.
Dominance (Psychology)
Fashion designers.
Jealousy.
Lesbian couples.
Germany (West)
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
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Summary:One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue, based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director's own desperate obsession with a young actor.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
Special features: Outsiders (documentary features actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla discussing the production of the film and their experiences working with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder); Michael Ballhaus (new interview with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus); Jan Shattuc (new interview with Jane Shattuc, professor of visual and media arts at Emerson College and author of Television, Tabloids, and Tears: Fassbinder and Popular Culture); Role play: women on Fassbinder (1992 German television documentary by Thomas Honickel featuring interviews with actors Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, and Rosel Zech); New English subtitle translation. Insert features an essay by critic Peter Matthews.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Format:Blu-ray; fullscreen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; music, The Platters, The Walker Brothers, Giuseppe Verdi ; production designer, Kurt Raab.
ISBN:9781604659399
1604659394