Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (1972) - DVD  E-mail this product to a friend

Petra Von Kant is a successful fashion designer - arrogant, caustic and self-satisfied. She is constantly mistreating Marianne, her slavish assistant. Enter Karin, a 23-year-old aspiring model. Petra immediately falls in love and invites her to move in, promising to advance her modeling career. However, Karin vies for freedom and leaves Petra to go back to her husband, causing Petra to lose control and fall into a downward spiral of irrational jealousy and hysteria. One of Fassbinder's most controversial films, "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant" is an obsessive and highly stylized look at the shifting power plays in relationships.