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13 Jan 2015 · The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) begins with two house cats on a staircase, their small motions of eating and grooming intermittently visible under the credits. The shot tacitly references Cukor's opening gambit, anticipating a story where elegant surfaces hide tooth-and-claw instincts. Then, marking the passage from nature to culture ...
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1972 • West Germany. Starring Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake. 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.
Critics reviews. Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer—arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She’s in a fairly satisfactory S&M relationship with her assistant, Marlene. But when she develops an obsession with fashion model Karin, things become far more complicated, and love intermingles with hate.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes. A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman.
A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman. Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. Some time ago, she divorced the husband she no longer loved. Until recently, she has been in a fairly satisfactory S and M relationship with Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co ...
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant. Directed by. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. West Germany, 1972. Drama, LGBTQ+. 120. Synopsis. Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer—arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She’s in a fairly satisfactory S&M relationship with her assistant, Marlene. ...
Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in. Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
