104 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Playing as part of Academy Cinema's 40th Birthday Bash November 14th-20th!
$5 tickets for Academy Members
$10 tickets General Admission
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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Playing as part of Academy Cinema's 40th Birthday Bash November 14th-20th!
$5 tickets for Academy Members
$10 tickets General Admission
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.