Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Director (27)
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Angst essen Seele auf
8.5 (6 ratings) director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Brigitte Mira / El Hedi ben Salem …
other title: La paura mangia l'anima / Angst æder sjæle op …
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
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World on a Wire (1973) [TV] IMDb TMDB
Welt am Draht
7.1 (7 ratings) director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Klaus Löwitsch / Mascha Rabben …
other title: Welt am Draht / Le Monde sur le Fil …
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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Fox and His Friends (1975) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Faustrecht der Freiheit
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Rainer Werner Fassbinder / Peter Chatel …
other title: Il diritto del più forte / O Direito do mais Forte à Liberdade …
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
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Veronika Voss (1982) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Rosel Zech / Hilmar Thate …
other title: A Saudade de Veronika Voss / Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss …
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Margit Carstensen / Hanna Schygulla …
other title: Le lacrime amare di Petra von Kant / Petra von Kants bitre tårer …
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972) [TV] TMDB
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Gottfried John / Hanna Schygulla …
other title: Otto ore non sono un giorno / Acht Stunden sind kein Tag …
Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
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Lili Marleen (1981) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
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”.
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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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Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte
director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder actor: Lou Castel / Eddie Constantine …
other title: Attenzione alla puttana santa! / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte …
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
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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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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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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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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.