
DVD
The bitter tears of Petra Von Kant
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder writes and directs this German drama based on his own play. Fading fashion designer Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen) celebrates her birthday by receiving a succession of female acquantainces to her apartment, all of whom have contributed to her teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
- Cast
- Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, Gisela Fackelday
- Genres
- World Cinema
- Language
- German
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