Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss

"Stars don't die, they fade away."

May 13 1982 R 1h 44m
Drama

In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.

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Plot

Munich, 1955: A sports journalist meets Veronika Voss, an UFA actress who supposedly had an affair with Goebbels. Now declining, Voss is kept by her "kind" doctor, Dr. Katz, supplying her house, food, clean clothes and her favourite: morphine. Voss, trying to come back towards the cinema, cannot perform an absurdly simple scene, but it attracts the attention of the journalist, who suspects that something's very wrong regarding her doctor.

Written by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Tango Film, Laura Film, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Rialto Film, Trio Film, Maran Film

Languages

Deutsch, English

Awards

4 wins & 4 nominations

Trailers
Jewels in the Wasteland: VERONIKA VOSS
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