Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Director (29)
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The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Hans Hirschmüller / Irm Hermann …
other title: Il mercante delle quattro stagioni / Frugthandlerens fire årstider …
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
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The Niklashausen Journey (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Die Niklashauser Fart
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder / Michael Fengler actor: Michael König / Hanna Schygulla …
other title: Il viaggio a Niklashausen / A Viagem a Niklashauer …
Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket? The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The "Black Monk" suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary.
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Germany in Autumn (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Deutschland im Herbst
director: Hans Peter Cloos / Maximiliane Mainka … actor: Hannelore Hoger / Angela Winkler …
other title: Germania in autunno / Deutschland im Herbst …
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
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Bremen Freedom (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bremer Freiheit
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Margit Carstensen / Wolfgang Schenck …
other title: La libertà di Brema / Bremer Freiheit …
A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth-century woman who wants to have a mind of her own. She defies convention and will do anything to achieve her freedom from oppression by her family and friends.
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Gods of the Plague (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Götter der Pest
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Harry Baer / Hanna Schygulla …
other title: Dei della peste / Os Deuses da Peste …
After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld. His attentions focus upon two women, Joanna and Margarethe, as well as upon Günther, his friend who earlier shot his brother.
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The Little Chaos (1966) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Das kleine Chaos
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Christoph Roser / Marite Greiselis …
other title: Il piccolo caos / Das kleine Chaos …
Theo, Marite, and Franz cannot make any money selling magazines door to door, so they try a little robbery.
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I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Ich will doch nur, dass ihr mich liebt
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Vitus Zeplichal / Elke Aberle …
other title: Voglio solo che voi mi amiate / Quero Apenas Que Vocês Me Amem …
Peter grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife, Erika. But when he is unable to keep up this lifestyle, his story takes a horrendous turn...
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In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Volker Spengler / Ingrid Caven …
other title: Un anno con 13 lune / In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden …
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
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Whity (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Whity
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Günther Kaufmann / Ulli Lommel …
Die junge Kate Nicholson giert nach Geld und Sex. Sie hofft auf ein frühes Ableben ihres Mannes Ben. Dessen Söhne aus erster Ehe sind schwachsinnig. Der dunkelhäutige Butler Whity dient der Familie als Lustobjekt und Prügelknabe.
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The Third Generation (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Die dritte Generation
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Harry Baer / Hark Bohm …
other title: La terza generazione / Die dritte Generation …
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
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Lili Marleen (1981) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lili Marleen
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Hanna Schygulla / Giancarlo Giannini …
other title: Una canción... Lili Marlen / Una canción... Lili Marleen
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.