Veronika Voss
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1982 • Germany
Starring Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess
A once-beloved Third Reich–era starlet, Veronika Voss (Rosel Zech) lives in obscurity in postwar Munich. Struggling for survival and haunted by past glories, she encounters sportswriter Robert Krohn (Hilmar Thate) in a rain-swept park and intrigues him with her mysterious beauty. As their unlikely relationship develops, Robert comes to discover the dark secrets that brought about the decline of Veronika’s career. Based on the true story of a World War II Ufa star, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s VERONIKA VOSS is wicked satire disguised as a 1950s melodrama.
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Veronika Voss
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1982 • Germany
Starring Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia FroboessA once-beloved Third Reich–era starlet, Veronika Voss (Rosel Zech) lives in obscurity in postwar Munich. Struggling for survival and haunted by past glories, she encounters sportswriter Rob...
Extras
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VERONIKA VOSS Commentary
Recorded in 2003, this commentary features Tony Rayns, film critic and editor of “Fassbinder.”
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Dance with Death
This portrait of actress Sybille Schmitz was drawn from interviews with relatives and colleagues, and clips from her most important films. DANCE WITH DEATH (2002) reveals her enigmatic life, particularly her fate after World War II and the circumstances of her suicide in 1955, which informed R. W...
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Rosel Zech and Juliane Lorenz on VERONIKA VOSS
Like many of Fassbinder's actors, Rosel Zech began her professional career in the theater. Her interpretation of Hedda in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler won her recognition in Germany as Best Actress of the Year in 1977. She began her film work in 1973, working with top German directors, and through...
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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Released in 1992, I DON'T JUST WANT YOU TO LOVE ME was the first documentary about filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In it, director Hans Günther Pflaum interviews members of the Fassbinder "family," including actors Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, and Ingrid Caven and Fassbinder's mother, Liselot...
