---
title: 'Veronika Voss (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/veronika-voss-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084654/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Veronika Voss (1982)

1982 · 100 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
Part of: BRD Trilogy

## Synopsis

Veronika Voss is a 1982 West German black-and-white drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and starring Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, and Cornelia Froboess. Loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz, the film follows the titular Veronika Voss, a morphine-addicted film star in 1955 Munich who begins an affair with a sports journalist; soon after, he discovers that Veronika is under the control of a corrupt neurologist scheming to bleed her of her wealth.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Peter Märthesheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-marthesheimer), [Pea Fröhlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/pea-frohlich)
- **Producer:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Editor:** [Juliane Lorenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-lorenz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Xaver Schwarzenberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/xaver-schwarzenberger)

## Cast

- [Annemarie Düringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/annemarie-duringer)
- [Rudolf Platte](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-platte)
- [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- [Juliane Lorenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-lorenz)
- [Elisabeth Volkmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-volkmann)
- [Dieter Schidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-schidor)
- [Liselotte Eder](https://cinepixo.com/people/liselotte-eder)
- [Harry Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-baer)
- [Günther Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-kaufmann)
- [Doris Schade](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-schade)
- [Cornelia Froboess](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornelia-froboess)
- [Herbert Steinmetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-steinmetz)
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling)
- [Armin Mueller-Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-mueller-stahl)
- [Peter Zadek](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-zadek)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/veronika-voss-1982
Film facts: Wikidata (Q703188); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.