Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Known for Directing · 83 credits
- Born
- 1945-05-31
- Died
- 1982-06-10
- 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.
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
TV Shows (12)
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Dalli Dalli
1971
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
aspekte
1965
as Self
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Biographies
1978
as Self
Movies (71)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Zucker
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Peddler
Lili Marleen
1981
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
as Eugen
Katzelmacher
1969
as Jorgos
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Room 666
1985
as Self
Veronika Voss
1982
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970
as Franz
Fox and His Friends
1975
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Wittowski
Kamikaze '89
1982
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
Baal
1970
as Baal
Supergirl
1971
as Man in Front of Shop Window
Germany in Autumn
1978
as Self (uncredited)
Whity
1971
as Saloon guest (uncredited)
Adolf and Marlene
1977
as Hermann
Haytabo
1971
as Courier
The Niklashausen Journey
1970
as Schwarzer Mönch
Mathias Kneißl
1971
as Flecklbauer
Bremen Freedom
1972
as Rumpf
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987
as Self
Effi Briest
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fassbinder
2015
as Self (archive footage)
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self (archive footage)
End of the Commune?
1970
as Self (uncredited)
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Sascha
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
as Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
Gods of the Plague
1970
as Pornokunde
The Little Chaos
1966
as Franz
Rio das Mortes
1971
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
Fassbinder's Women
2000
as Self (Archive footage)
Back to Room 666
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Al Capone im deutschen Wald
1969
as Heini
Shadow of Angels
1976
as Raoul
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Bourbon Street Blues
1979
as Writer
The American Soldier
1976
as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
as Self
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
1968
as the pimp
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024
Tonys Freunde
1969
as Mallard
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
as Self
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
Polnischer Sommer
1981
as Babiuch
Little Godard
1978
as Second Director
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
1968
as Soldier
Die Wohngenossin
1975
A German Youth
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
1980
as Self
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981
as Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971
as Bauer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
2005
as Self
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The City Tramp
1966
as Man #1 on Toilet
The Ancestress
1971
as Jaromir
Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
1969
as Mechaniker
The Wizard of Babylon
1982
as Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Photographer "Eise"
2019
as Self
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
1976
as Self (also interviewee) (uncredited)
Atlètic Club Banyoles
2007
as self
Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder
1978
as Self
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
as Self
Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume
1975
as Self
About Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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 d… With 83 credits spanning from 1951 to 2024, Rainer Werner Fassbinder has appeared in 71 films and 12 TV shows.
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- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) — as Zucker
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) — as Peddler
- Lili Marleen (1981) — as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) — as Eugen
- Katzelmacher (1969) — as Jorgos
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