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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.
  1. 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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  2. Gods of the Plague. 1970 1h 31m. 6.4 (1.5K) Rate. A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Stars Hanna Schygulla Margarethe von Trotta Harry Baer.

  3. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Rainer Werner Fassbinder ( German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfasbɪndɐ] ⓘ; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, [1] 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. Versatile and prolific ...

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    • 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul' Released: 1974. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul tells the story of the unlikely romance between Emmi (Brigitte Mira), a 60-year-old German widow, and Ali (El Hedi ben Salem), a 40-year-old Moroccan immigrant.
    • 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant' Released: 1972. Set almost entirely in an apartment bedroom, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant delves into the turbulent love life of the titular character (Margit Carstensen), a successful but emotionally volatile designer.
    • 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' Released: 1979. "You're not having an affair with me. I'm having an affair with you." Maria Braun (Hanna Schygulla) marries soldier Hermann (Klaus Löwitsch) during the dying days of World War II, only for him to later go missing on the eastern front.
    • 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' Released: 1972. "The good die young, and people like you come back." The Merchant of Four Seasons is a character study of Hans Epp (Hans Hirschmüller), a former police officer and World War II veteran who has fallen on hard times.
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  5. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas. Votes: 3,095. 3. Gods of the Plague (1970) 91 min | Crime, Drama. 6.4. Rate. A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing.

  6. Nov 17, 2014 · Fassbinder was born in 1945 and like other filmmakers of his generation, including Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff and Wim Wenders, he dramatically altered the cinematic landscape by telling stories about postwar Germany that focused on its economic, social and political issues problems faced and the power dynamics between individuals.

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