In the early 1970s, Rainer Werner Fassbinder discovered the American melodramas of Douglas Sirk and was inspired by them working in a new, more intensely emotional register. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between haughty fashion designer (Margi Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla) is a true Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography and full throttle performances by an all-female cast.

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