Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Known for Directing · 84 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
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Dalli Dalli
1971
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
aspekte
1965
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 (72)
Fassbinder's Women
2000
as Self (Archive footage)
Germany in Autumn
1978
as Self (uncredited)
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katzelmacher
1969
as Jorgos
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Peddler
Fox and His Friends
1975
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Haytabo
1971
as Courier
Die Wohngenossin
1975
Room 666
1985
as Self
The City Tramp
1966
as Man #1 on Toilet
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
as Eugen
Lili Marleen
1981
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Bourbon Street Blues
1979
as Writer
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Zucker
Veronika Voss
1982
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
End of the Commune?
1970
as Self (uncredited)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Sascha
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987
as Self
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Niklashausen Journey
1970
as Schwarzer Mönch
Atlètic Club Banyoles
2007
as self
The Little Chaos
1966
as Franz
Mathias Kneißl
1971
as Flecklbauer
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Wittowski
Effi Briest
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume
1975
as Self
Kamikaze '89
1982
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971
as Bauer
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970
as Franz
Gods of the Plague
1970
as Pornokunde
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024
A German Youth
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
2005
as Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
as Self
Baal
1970
as Baal
Bremen Freedom
1972
as Rumpf
Rio das Mortes
1971
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
The American Soldier
1976
as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
Back to Room 666
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Little Godard
1978
as Second Director
Adolf and Marlene
1977
as Hermann
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
1968
as Soldier
Photographer "Eise"
2019
as Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
as Self
Supergirl
1971
as Man in Front of Shop Window
Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder
1978
as Self
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
as Self
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
1968
as the pimp
Whity
1971
as Saloon guest (uncredited)
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Shadow of Angels
1976
as Raoul
Al Capone im deutschen Wald
1969
as Heini
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981
as Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
1980
as Self
Fassbinder
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
1969
as Mechaniker
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
as Self
The Ancestress
1971
as Jaromir
Polnischer Sommer
1981
as Babiuch
Tonys Freunde
1969
as Mallard
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Wizard of Babylon
1982
as Self
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
1976
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 84 credits spanning from 1951 to 2024, Rainer Werner Fassbinder has appeared in 72 films and 12 TV shows.
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- Fassbinder's Women (2000) — as Self (Archive footage)
- Germany in Autumn (1978) — as Self (uncredited)
- In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Katzelmacher (1969) — as Jorgos
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) — as Peddler
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