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Tag Archives: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rio das Mortes (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Michael König, Günther Kaufmann
Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru Read More »
Martha (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin
A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation Read More »
Querelle (1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau
The French naval ship, Le Vengeur, based out of Marseille, has just docked in Brest for an extended stay. Read More »
World on a Wire AKA Welt am Draht (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality Read More »
Katzelmacher (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. Read More »
In a Year with 13 Moons AKA In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John
This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Read More »
Lola (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
Ten years after the war, West Germany’s market economy is booming. Read More »
Beware of a Holy Whore AKA Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm
On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. Read More »
Love Is Colder Than Death AKA Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress Read More »
Wildwechsel AKA Jail Bait (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Eva Mattes, Ruth Drexel, Harry Baer
Wildwechsel, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Read More »
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny
This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Read More »
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer — arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. Read More »
Lili Marleen (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. Read More »
Germany in Autumn (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. Read More »