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2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #740
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One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue, based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director's own desperate obsession with a young actor
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972
Special features: new interviews ; Role play: women on Fassbinder, a 1992 German television documentary; essay by critic Peter Matthews
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus
Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Margit Carstensen
DVD, (1.37:1) aspect ratio, monaural
German dialogue; English subtitles