Veronika Voss
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
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In 1955 Munich, a sportswriter meets an aging, morphine-addicted former UFA movie star on a rainy tram, gradually uncovering a sinister medical conspiracy run by an unscrupulous female psychiatrist who keeps wealthy morphine addicts captive in her private clinic to inherit their estates. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Golden Bear-winning high-contrast black-and-white noir masterpiece inspired by the life of Sybille Schmitz.
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