Format:
2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 125 Min., farb., mono
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Beil.
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12 cm
ISBN:
9781604659405
Series Statement:
The Criterion Collection 740
Uniform Title:
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Content:
In the early 1970s, Rainer Werner Fassbinder discovered the American melodramas of Douglas Sirk and was inspired by them to begin working in a new, more intensely emotional register. One of the first and best-loved films of this period in his career is The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the directorĐs roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla) -based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director's own desperate obsession with a young actor- a true Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by Michael Ballhaus and full-throttle performances by an all-female cast." [Covertext]
Note:
Aspect ratio 1.37:1. - New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Michael Ballhaus
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Orig.: Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1972
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Enth. new interviews with Ballhaus and actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla ; new interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc ; "Role play: Women on Fassbinder", a 1992 German television documentary by Thomas Honickel featuring interviews with Carstensen, Schygulla, and actors Irm Hermann and Rosel Zech ; an essay by critic Peter Matthews
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Dt. - Untertitel: engl.
Language:
German
Author information:
Mattes, Eva 1954-
Author information:
Raab, Kurt 1941-1988
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Ballhaus, Michael 1935-2017
Author information:
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner 1945-1982
Author information:
Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901
Author information:
Schygulla, Hanna 1943-
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