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The bitter tears of Petra von Kant = Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Uniform Title
Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (Motion picture)
Title
The bitter tears of Petra von Kant = Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant / Janus Films ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation presents ; Buch und Regie, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; Tango Film Produktion Nummer Zwei.
ISBN
9781604659405
1604659408
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Medium
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Special features: Disc 2: 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.
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; music, The Platters, The Walker Brothers, Giuseppe Verdi ; production designer, Kurt Raab.
In German with optional subtitles in English.
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.
Variant and related titles
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Container title: Bitter tears of Petra von Kant
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
German
Added to Catalog
March 15, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 740
Credits
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; music, The Platters, The Walker Brothers, Giuseppe Verdi ; production designer, Kurt Raab.
Cast
Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents
disc 1. Feature film
disc 2. bonus features.
Videorecording number
CC2432D The Criterion Collection
CC2432D-1 The Criterion Collection
CC2432D-2 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Foreign language films - German.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign language films - German.
Also listed under
Platters (Musical group), composer (expression)
Walker Brothers, composer (expression)
Janus Films, production company.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, presenter.
Tango Film Produktion, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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