DVD
The bitter tears of Petra Von Kant = Die bitteren tränen der Petra von Kant
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In German, with English subtitles.
Performers
Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Michael Ballhaus ; 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 ; new English subtitle translation.