Veronika Voss (1982)
- Original title
- Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Genre
- drama film, art film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 155 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A washed-up film star in 1950s Munich gets involved with a sports journalist. He realizes she is addicted to morphine and being exploited by a corrupt doctor who wants her money.
bleakmelancholictenseslow-burnnoirgloomycerebralunsentimental
What happens
Veronika Voss (German: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, lit. "The Longing of Veronika Voss") is a 1982 West German black-and-white drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and starring Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, and Cornelia Froboess. Loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz, the film follows the titular Veronika Voss, a morphine-addicted film star in 1955 Munich who begins an affair with a sports journalist; soon after, he discovers that Veronika is under the control of a corrupt neurologist scheming to bleed her of her wealth. Veronika Voss is the second film of his BRD Trilogy, but was chronologically made last, after The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola. It is also the penultimate film of his career (preceding Querelle) and the last film released during Fassbinder's lifetime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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