FILM ARCHIVES

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kent

by Jim Hoberman

August 10, 2011

Dir. R.W. Fassbinder (1972).
Wildly theatrical, this tale of a successful fashion designer and the model with whom she has fallen in love matches the two great Fassbinder divas, Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla.

Mon., Aug. 22, 8 p.m., 2011

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Highlights

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

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Originally published August 25, 2010