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    Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    German filmmaker, playwright and actor

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  1. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfasbɪndɐ] ⓘ; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, and dramatist. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.

  2. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist ...

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    • Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany
    • January 1, 1
    • Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
  3. May 3, 2024 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder (born May 31, 1945, Bad Wörishofen, Germany—died June 10, 1982, Munich, West Germany) was a German motion-picture and theatre director, writer, and actor who was an important force in postwar West German cinema. His socially and politically conscious films often explore themes of oppression and despair.

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    • Love Is Colder than Death (1969) Made when Fassbinder was just 24, Love Is Colder than Death was his first feature and the first of 3 gangster films he made within a year, followed by Gods of the Plague and The American Soldier (both 1970).
    • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Bitter indeed. In one of his earliest melodramas, adapted from his play, the titular fashion designer, who abuses her masochistic, mute maid, falls for a female model, and embarks on a relationship that seems doomed from the outset.
    • Effi Briest (1974) Effi Briest was Fassbinder’s first film based on a period story, in this case Theodor Fontane’s 1896 novel, which he had wanted to adapt many years earlier.
    • Fear Eats the Soul (1974) This love story – and despite the considerable human unkindness on show, this is definitely a love story – is a great starting point for newcomers to Fassbinder’s work.
  4. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Writer: Fox and His Friends. Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist, antiSemitic and even antigay, he completed 44 projects ...

    • May 31, 1945
    • June 10, 1982
  5. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a German filmmaker. Filmography. All titles written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder unless stated otherwise. According to Hanna Schygulla, Fassbinder had no part in the making of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?; it was realized from his idea by Michael Fengler, his assistant.

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  7. Jan 27, 2024 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a trailblazing German filmmaker active in the 1960s and '70s. He made features for only about sixteen years, but in that time directed a whopping thirty films, plus a ...

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