
From the Life of the Marionettes
The Woman He's About to Touch is a Dream. The Murder He's About to Commit is Not.
Peter and Katarina are at a marital crossroads, but, when he brutally kills a burlesque dancer, their domestic squabbles are rendered trivial by comparison. In the wake of the crime, the film backtracks, painting a portrait of the fraught union between Peter and Katarina. When does a marriage go bad? What causes a member of the German bourgeoisie to murder an innocent woman?
- Year: 1980
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Drama, TV Movie
- Studio: Personafilm
- Keyword: dreams, homophobia, death, lgbt, epilogue
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Cast: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Rita Russek, Lola Müthel, Walter Schmidinger