Petra von Kant is a prominent fashion designer based in Bremen. Her marriages have ended in death or divorce. Her first husband Pierre was a great love, who died in a car accident while Petra was pregnant; the second began the same way, but ended in disgust. Petra lives with Marlene, another designer, whom she treats as a slave, and this relationship reveals Petra's sadistic tendencies. A recorded theatre performance.
—Filmdienst