Rainer Werner Fassbinder
68 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Died
- Jun 10, 1982 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Bad Wörishofen, Germany
- Also known as
- Rainer W. Fassbinder · R. W. Fassbinder · Franz Walsch · 雷纳·沃纳·法斯班德
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.
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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.
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Known for
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: movies and TV shows
Acting (40)
- 2024
- 1984 The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
- 1982 Kamikaze '89
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
- 1982 Veronika Voss
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
- 1981 Polnischer Sommer
as Babiuch
- 1981 Lili Marleen
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
- 1980
- 1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Peddler
- 1979 Bourbon Street Blues
as Writer
- 1978 Little Godard
as Second Director
- 1977 Adolf and Marlene
as Hermann
- 1976 The American Soldier
as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
- 1976 Shadow of Angels
as Raoul
- 1975 Fox and His Friends
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
- 1975
- 1974 Effi Briest
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1974 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Eugen
- 1973 Tenderness of the Wolves
as Wittowski
- 1972 Bremen Freedom
as Rumpf
- 1972 The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Zucker
- 1971 The Ancestress
as Jaromir
- 1971 Beware of a Holy Whore
as Sascha
- 1971 Whity
as Saloon guest (uncredited)
- 1971 Mathias Kneißl
as Flecklbauer
- 1971 Supergirl
as Man in Front of Shop Window
- 1971
- 1971 Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
- 1971 Haytabo
as Courier
- 1970 The Niklashausen Journey
as Schwarzer Mönch
- 1970 Gods of the Plague
as Pornokunde
- 1970 Love Is Colder Than Death
as Franz
- 1970 Baal
as Baal
- 1969 Katzelmacher
as Jorgos
- 1969 Al Capone im deutschen Wald
as Heini
- 1969 Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
as Mechaniker
- 1969 Tonys Freunde
as Mallard
- 1968 The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
as the pimp
- 1968 Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
as Soldier
- 1966 The Little Chaos
as Franz
- 1966 The City Tramp
as Man #1 on Toilet
Behind the camera (55)
- 2022 Peter von Kant
Original Story
- 2013 Frogman Katzelmacher
Writer
- 2012 Garbage, the City and Death
Theatre Play
- 2008 The Marriage of Maria Braun
Writer
- 2000 Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Writer
- 1982 Querelle
Director, Editor, Screenplay
- 1982 Veronika Voss
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
- 1981 Lola
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Line Producer
- 1981 Theater in Trance
Director, Writer
- 1981 Lili Marleen
Editor, Director, Screenplay
- 1980
- 1979 The Third Generation
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- 1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun
Editor, Idea, Director
- 1978 In a Year with 13 Moons
Director, Art Direction, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
- 1978 Spiel der Verlierer
Editor, Producer
- 1978 Despair
Director, Editor
- 1978 Germany in Autumn
Director, Screenplay
- 1977 The Stationmaster’s Wife
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1977 Women in New York
Director
- 1977 Adolf and Marlene
Producer
- 1977 Chinese Roulette
Writer, Director
- 1976 Fear of Fear
Director, Writer
- 1976 The American Soldier
Writer, Director, Production Design, Producer, Songs
- 1976 Satan’s Brew
Director, Writer
- 1976 Shadow of Angels
Screenplay, Theatre Play
- 1976 I Only Want You to Love Me
Director, Writer
- 1975 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Director, Writer
- 1975 Fox and His Friends
Writer, Director, Producer
- 1975 Like a Bird on a Wire
Director, Writer
- 1974 La Paloma
Writer
- 1974 Effi Briest
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1974 Martha
Director, Screenplay
- 1974 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Director, Production Design, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
- 1974 Nora Helmer
Director
- 1973
- 1973 Tenderness of the Wolves
Producer
- 1973 Jail Bait
Writer, Screenplay, Director
- 1972 Bremen Freedom
Director, Author
- 1972
- 1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1972 The Merchant of Four Seasons
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer
- 1971 Beware of a Holy Whore
Writer, Director, Editor
- 1971 Whity
Screenplay, Director, Editor
- 1971 Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Director, Screenplay
- 1971 Rio das Mortes
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1970 The Niklashausen Journey
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1970 Gods of the Plague
Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1970 Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Director, Editor, Screenplay
- 1970 The Coffee House
Director, Writer
- 1970 Love Is Colder Than Death
Editor, Screenplay, Director
- 1969 Katzelmacher
Screenplay, Production Design, Director, Editor, Theatre Play
- 1966 The Little Chaos
Director, Writer
- 1966 This Night
Cinematography, Director, Writer
- 1966 The City Tramp
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1966 Ein Platz für Günter
Assistant Director
Talk shows and appearances (42)
- 2020
- 2019
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2 episodes
- 2005
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000
- 1992
- 1987
- 1985
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 NDR Talk Show
1 episode
- 1978
- 1978 Biographies
1 episode
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
1 episode
- 1974 Am laufenden Band
1 episode
- 1974
- 1973 Je später der Abend
1 episode
- 1971 Dalli Dalli
1 episode
- 1971
- 1970
- 1965 aspekte
1 episode
- 1964 Grimme Award
1 episode
- 1959 Stars in der Manege
1 episode
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode