Dance with Death
Veronika Voss • 55m
This portrait of actress Sybille Schmitz was drawn from interviews with relatives and colleagues, and clips from her most important films. DANCE WITH DEATH (2002) reveals her enigmatic life, particularly her fate after World War II and the circumstances of her suicide in 1955, which informed R. W. Fassbinder's film about a fading film star, VERONIKA VOSS.
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