The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes
, Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
, Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes
, Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
, Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Blu-ray (Color)

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Overview

Writer/director Rainer Werner Fassbinder turned out filmed dramas like The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant faster than we could watch them in the early 1970s. Fassbinder's favorite actress Hanna Schygulla plays the secretary of the title character (portrayed by Margit Carstensen). Recently divorced, the lonely Petra von Kant turns to Schygulla for comfort--and, eventually, sexual gratification. The thesis set forth by Fassbinder (who was himself gay) is that the same tensions and vacillations which attended a heterosexual relationship were also present in a homosexual liaison. The film's original German title was Die Bitteren Traenen Der Petra Von Kant.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/13/2015
UPC: 0715515135511
Original Release: 1972
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 2:05:00
Sales rank: 11,912

Special Features

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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Eva Mattes Gabriele von Kant
Hanna Schygulla Karin Thimm
Irm Hermann Marlene
Gisela Fackeldey Valerie von Kant
Margit Carstensen Petra von Kant
Gisela Fackelday Valerie von Kant
Katrin Schaake Sidonie von Grasenabb
Walker Brothers Composer

Technical Credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Michael Fengler Producer
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