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

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)

Trailer

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