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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

German filmmaker, playwright and actor
May 31, 1945 (June 10, 1982)

Waterdrops on Burning Rocks

V.O.: Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes
Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by François Ozon with Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier. A fifty-year-old man seduces a young man thirty years his junior, then the latter's girlfriend.
Runtime: 90 min.
All. 1982. Crime drama by Wolf Gremm with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, Franco Nero. A police officer investigates the existence of a bomb placed in a building that holds the offices of a company that dominates the lives of the German population.
Runtime: 106 min.
All. 1982. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau. On leave in Brest, a handsome sailor arouses many desires in both men and women.
Runtime: 108 min.

Veronika Voss

V.O.: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 113 min.
Runtime: 116 min.
Runtime: 932 min.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

V.O.: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Runtime: 120 min.

In a Year of 13 Moons

V.O.: In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
Runtime: 129 min.

Despair

V.O.: Eine Reise ins licht
All. 1977. Psychological drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Volker Spengler. In the early 1930s, the director of a chocolate factory thinks about disappearing by changing his identity.
Runtime: 119 min.
Runtime: 111 min.

Satan's Brew

V.O.: Satansbraten
All. 1976. Comedy by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita. A poet in need of inspiration has various experiences inspired by wild fantasies.
Runtime: 112 min.

Chinese Roulette

V.O.: Chinesisches Roulette
All. 1976. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Margit Carstensen, Alexander Allerson, Andrea Schober. A crippled teenager joins her parents who are with their respective lovers in their mountain villa.
Runtime: 88 min.

I Only Want You to Love Me

V.O.: Ich will doch nur, das ihr mich liebt
Runtime: 104 min.

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

V.O.: Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel
All. 1975. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm. The widow of a worker who committed suicide is the victim of a journalist's duplicity.
Runtime: 109 min.
All. 1974. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel. The young wife of a baron is repudiated by him after he discovers her affair with a major.
Runtime: 140 min.

Fox and His Friends

V.O.: Faustrecht der Freiheit
All. 1974. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm. After winning the lottery, a gay man attracts the attention of a young middle-class man.
Runtime: 123 min.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

V.O.: Angst essen Seele auf
All. 1974. Psychological drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Brigitte Mira, El Hedi Ben Salem, Barbara Valentin. A cleaning lady in her sixties is considering marrying a Moroccan man, which gets her into trouble.
Runtime: 92 min.

World on a Wire

V.O.: Welt am Draht
Runtime: 210 min.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

V.O.: Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
All. 1972. Psychological drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann. A fashion designer has a lesbian affair with a model.
Runtime: 127 min.

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

V.O.: Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
All. 1971. Social drama by Volker Schlöndorff with Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Harry Owen. In a Hessian village in 1821, seven peasants decide to steal taxes and leave for the Americas.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Merchant of Four Seasons

V.O.: Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
All. 1971. Psychological drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hans Hirschmuller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla. A man, who has become a greengrocer at the market, takes to drinking and makes life difficult for his wife.
Runtime: 88 min.

Beware of a Holy Whore

V.O.: Warnung vor einer Heiligen Nutte
Runtime: 103 min.

An American Soldier

V.O.: Der amerikanische Soldat
All. 1970. Crime drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George. A young German who served in the American army in Vietnam becomes a contract killer.
Runtime: 80 min.

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

V.O.: Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?
Runtime: 88 min.

Love Is Colder Than Death

V.O.: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
All. 1969. Mores drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla. In Munich, the criminal tribulations of a pimp, his girlfriend and the gangster who lives with them.
Runtime: 85 min.
All. 1969. Drama by Volker Schlöndorff with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sigi Crane, Margarethe von Trotta. The obscure research of a poet who shuns established values.
Runtime: 87 min.
All. 1969. Mores comedy by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hanna Schygulla, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Lilith Ungerer. An immigrant living in a widow's house falls victim to the pettiness of her neighbours.
Runtime: 89 min.

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