Watch Veronika Voss (1982) Free Online

Release Date: 1982

Cast: Annemarie Düringer, Cornelia Froboess, Peter Berling, Rosel Zech, Günther Kaufmann, Sonja Neudorfer, Erik Schumann, Hilmar Thate

Categories: Movies, Art film, World cinema

Veronika Voss (German: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, "The Longing of Veronika Voss") is a black-and-white 1982 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This, Fassbinder's penultimate film, is the last film of his BRD Trilogy, coming after The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola. The film is loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz and is influenced by Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard. Munich, 1955. Veronika Voss is a formerly popular UFA film star who is now struggling to get roles. She meets a sports reporter named Robert Krohn and is impressed that he does not know who... MORE

Veronika Voss (German: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, "The Longing of Veronika Voss") is a black-and-white 1982 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This, Fassbinder's penultimate film, is the last film of his BRD Trilogy, coming after The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola. The film is loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz and is influenced by Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard. Munich, 1955. Veronika Voss is a formerly popular UFA film star who is now struggling to get roles. She meets a sports reporter named Robert Krohn and is impressed that he does not know who she is. The two begin a love affair, even though Robert already lives with his girlfriend Henriette, who nevertheless realizes that Veronika has an irresistible allure. Veronika’s behavior is erratic and sometimes desperate, and as Robert delves into her life he discovers that she is essentially a captive to a corrupt neurologist named Dr. Marianne Katz. Dr. Katz keeps Veronika addicted to opiates and uses her power to give or deny drugs to bleed the actress of her wealth. To verify his suspicions, Robert has Henriette approach Dr. Katz and pretend to be a rich woman in need of psychiatric care. Dr. LESS