Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career less than fifteen years, he completed forty feature-length films, two television film series, three short films, four video productions, twenty-four stage plays, and four radio plays. He had tortured, personal relationships with the actors and technicians around him who formed a surrogate family. However, his pictures demonstrate his deep sensitivity to social outsiders and his hatred of institutionalized violence. He ruthlessly attacked both German bourgeois society and the larger limitations of humanity. Fassbinder died in June 1982 at the age of 37 from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates. His death has often been cited as the event that ended the New German Cinema movement.
Known For
NDR Talk Show
1979
Spécial cinéma
1974
Dalli Dalli
1971
German Film Award
1951
Grimme Award
1964
aspekte
1965
Stars in der Manege
1959
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
Am laufenden Band
1974
Je später der Abend
1973
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Filmography
NDR Talk Show
as Self · 1979
Spécial cinéma
as Self · 1974
Dalli Dalli
as Self · 1971
German Film Award
as Self · 1951
Grimme Award
as Self · 1964
aspekte
as Self · 1965
Stars in der Manege
as Self · 1959
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Narrator (voice, uncredited) · 1980
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest · 1974
Je später der Abend
as Self · 1973
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Eugen · 1974
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Peddler · 1979
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
Veronika Voss
as Kinobesucher (uncredited) · 1982
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1978
Lili Marleen
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited) · 1981
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Franz · 1970
Biographies
as Self · 1978
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
Fox and His Friends
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf · 1975
Katzelmacher
as Jorgos · 1969
Beware of a Holy Whore
as Sascha · 1971
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Zucker · 1972
Room 666
as Self · 1985
Effi Briest
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Wittowski · 1973
Gods of the Plague
as Pornokunde · 1970
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
Germany in Autumn
as Self (uncredited) · 1978
Supergirl
as Man in Front of Shop Window · 1971
Photographer "Eise"
as Self · 2019
Die Wohngenossin
· 1975
Haytabo
as Courier · 1971
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
as the pimp · 1968
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
as Self · 1987
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Baal
as Baal · 1970
Kamikaze '89
as Police Lieutenant Jansen · 1982
The Niklashausen Journey
as Schwarzer Mönch · 1970
Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume
as Self · 1975
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage) · 2014
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
· 2024
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self (archive footage) · 1992
Little Godard
as Second Director · 1978
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
as Self · 1971
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
as Self · 1982
End of the Commune?
as Self (uncredited) · 1970
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self · 1976
Fassbinder's Women
as Self (Archive footage) · 2000
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Self · 1981
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
The American Soldier
as Franz Walsch (uncredited) · 1976
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
as Self · 2005
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
as Bauer · 1971
Whity
as Saloon guest (uncredited) · 1971
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
The Little Chaos
as Franz · 1966
Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
as Mechaniker · 1969
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
as Self · 1980
The Ancestress
as Jaromir · 1971
Shadow of Angels
as Raoul · 1976
Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited) · 1971
Bourbon Street Blues
as Writer · 1979
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice) · 1984
Al Capone im deutschen Wald
as Heini · 1969
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
as Soldier · 1968
The City Tramp
as Man #1 on Toilet · 1966
The Wizard of Babylon
as Self · 1982
Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
as Self · 1980
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
as Self · 1976
Fassbinder
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Polnischer Sommer
as Babiuch · 1981
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder
as Self · 1978
Mathias Kneißl
as Flecklbauer · 1971
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
Bremen Freedom
as Rumpf · 1972
1 Berlin-Harlem
as Self · 1974
Atlètic Club Banyoles
as self · 2007
Adolf and Marlene
as Hermann · 1977
Tonys Freunde
as Mallard · 1969