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Petra von Kant ( Carstersen ) is a prominent fashion designer based in Bremen.

The film is almost totally restricted to her apartment's bedroom, decorated by a huge reproduction of Poussin's Midas and Bacchus ( c. 1630 ) depicting naked and partially clothed men.

The room also contains numerous life-size mannequins for her work, though only her assistant Marlene ( Hermann ) is shown using them.