Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Director (27)
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
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.