The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Quotes

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant completed its run in 1970.

It features Michael Fengler as producer, Giuseppe Verdi in charge of musical score, and Michael Ballhaus as head of cinematography.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is recorded in German and originally aired in West Germany. Each episode of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is 124 minutes long. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is distributed by New Yorker Films (USA).

The cast includes: Margit Carstensen as Petra von Kant, Katrin Schaake as Sidonie, Gisela Fackeldey as Valerie von Kant, and Hanna Schygulla as Karin Thimm.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Quotes

Margit Carstensen as Petra von Kant

• (Margit Carstensen) "Where were you last night?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "I went dancing."
• (Margit Carstensen) "Till 6 in the morning?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "What about it?"
• (Margit Carstensen) "They're not open that long."
• (Hanna Schygulla) "No?"
• (Margit Carstensen) "No."
• (Margit Carstensen) "Who did you go "dancing" with?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "What?"
• (Margit Carstensen) "Tell me who you went dancing with?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "With a man."
• (Margit Carstensen) "Oh yes?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "Yes."
• (Margit Carstensen) "What man?"
• (Hanna Schygulla) "A big black man with a big black dick."

• (Margit Carstensen) "It's a waste of time being nice to servants."

• (Margit Carstensen) "It's easy to pity, Sidonie, but so much harder to understand. If you understand someone, don't pity them, change them. Only pity what you cant understand."

• (Margit Carstensen) "Talented? She's not talented, she just knows how to sell herself."

• (Margit Carstensen) "I think people need each other, they're made that way. But they haven't learnt how to live together."

• (Margit Carstensen) "It's sad, believe me, when you realize that the distressing things by far overweight the beautiful things you feel."

• (Margit Carstensen) "He stank like a man. The way men stink. What had once had its charms now turned my stomach and brought tears to my eyes."

• (Margit Carstensen) "I felt nothing for him anymore. Far from it, it got worse. When we ate together his chewing -- it was like an explosion. When he swallowed my gorge rose. The way he cut meat, held his cigarette, his whiskey glass -- it all seemed so absurd, so affected. I was ashamed for him because I imagined everyone must see him as I did. Of course, it was hysteria. Panic, Sidonie. There was nothing left to save. The end."

• (Margit Carstensen) "Of course he took me seriously, respected my opinions -- but nevertheless, he wanted to be the breadwinner. That way, oppression lies, that's obvious. It's like this, 'I hear what you're saying and of course I understand, but who brings home the bacon?' So there you are, two sets of rules."

Katrin Schaake as Sidonie

• (Katrin Schaake) "It's Karins fault."
• (Gisela Fackeldey) "Karin? What's it to do with Karin?"
• (Katrin Schaake) "Everyone knows Petra's mad about her."
• (Margit Carstensen) "Mad? I'm not mad, Sidonie. I love her. Love her as I've never loved anything in my life -- that girl's little finger is worth more than the lot of you."

Gisela Fackeldey as Valerie von Kant

• (Gisela Fackeldey) "My daughter loves a girl. How strange. A girl. My daughter."

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