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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1972

Runtime: 124 min

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey

Studios: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren

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.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

Supervised by director of photography Michael Ballhaus, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

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

PLUS: An essay by critic Peter Matthews

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