Sadness at Leaving
1992, English. Directed by Chris Kraus.
Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.
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- 0h 20m
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- 1 January 1992
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- Ann Rower, Chris Kraus
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Sadness at Leaving isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1992. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked Sadness at Leaving, try The Age of Innocence, The Fountainhead, Three Days of the Condor.
Who directed Sadness at Leaving?
Sadness at Leaving (1992) was directed by Chris Kraus and stars Richard Hell, Rosemary Hochschild, George Bartenieff.