Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema. Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career that lasted 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

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Birth Location Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Born 1945-05-31
Died 1982-06-10

Movies

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner as Self (archive footage)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
2020
2019
Fassbinder as Self (archive footage)
2015
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands as Self (archive footage)
2015
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance as Self (archive footage)
2014
2012
My Name Is Not Ali as Self (archive footage)
2011
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense as Self (archive footage)
2010
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers as Self (archive footage)
2008
Back to Room 666 as Self (archive footage)
2008
2007
Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self (archive footage)
2005
Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2002
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self (archive footage)
1992
The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
1984
1982
Kamikaze 1989 as Police Lieutenant Jansen
1982
Room 666 as Self
1982
Veronika Voss as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
1982
Polnischer Sommer as Babiuch
1981
Lili Marleen as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
1981
1979
1979
Little Godard as Second Director
1978
Germany in Autumn as Self (uncredited)
1978
Shadow of Angels as Raoul
1976
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self (also interviewee) (uncredited)
1976
Fox and His Friends as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
1975
Effi Briest as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
1974
1 Berlin-Harlem as Self
1974
1973
Bremen Freedom as Rumpf
1972
The Ancestress as Jaromir
1971
1971
Whity as Saloon guest (uncredited)
1971
Mathias Kneißl as Flecklbauer
1971
Supergirl as Man in Front of Shop Window
1971
Rio das Mortes as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
1971
Haytabo as Bote des Professors
1971
The Niklashausen Journey as Schwarzer Mönch
1970
The American Soldier as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
1970
Gods of the Plague as Pornokunde
1970
End of the Commune? as Self (uncredited)
1970
Baal as Baal
1970
Katzelmacher as Jorgos
1969
1969
Tonys Freunde as Mallard
1969
The Little Chaos as Franz
1966
The City Tramp as Man #1 on Toilet
1966

Movies

Peter von Kant Original Story
2022
2013
2012
Querelle Director
1982
Querelle Screenplay
1982
Querelle Editor
1982
Veronika Voss Co-Producer
1982
Veronika Voss Screenplay
1982
Veronika Voss Director
1982
Lola Line Producer
1981
1981
1981
Lola Editor
1981
Lola Screenplay
1981
Lola Director
1981
Lili Marleen Screenplay
1981
Lili Marleen Editor
1981
Lili Marleen Director
1981
The Third Generation Camera Operator
1979
The Third Generation Director of Photography
1979
1979
1979
1979
In a Year with 13 Moons Art Direction
1978
In a Year with 13 Moons Director of Photography
1978
1978
1978
1978
1978
Despair Editor
1978
Despair Director
1978
Germany in Autumn Screenplay
1978
1978
1977
1977
1977
Chinese Roulette Director
1977
1976
Satan’s Brew Director
1976
Shadow of Angels Screenplay
1976
Shadow of Angels Theatre Play
1976
Fear of Fear Writer
1975
Fear of Fear Director
1975
1975
1975
1975
1975
1975
La Paloma Writer
1974
Effi Briest Producer
1974
Effi Briest Screenplay
1974
Effi Briest Director
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Production Design
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Original Music Composer
1974
1974
1974
Martha Screenplay
1974
Martha Director
1974
Nora Helmer Director
1974
1973
Jail Bait Director
1973
Jail Bait Screenplay
1973
Jail Bait Writer
1973
1972
Bremen Freedom Director
1972
1971
Whity Editor
1971
Whity Screenplay
1971
Whity Director
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
Rio das Mortes Director
1971
1970
The American Soldier Production Design
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
Gods of the Plague Screenplay
1970
1970
1970
1970
The Coffee House Director
1970
1970
Katzelmacher Theatre Play
1969
Katzelmacher Production Design
1969
Katzelmacher Screenplay
1969
Katzelmacher Editor
1969
Katzelmacher Director
1969
1966
The Little Chaos Director
1966
This Night Cinematography
1966
This Night Writer
1966
This Night Director
1966
Ein Platz für Günter Assistant Director
1966
1966
1966
The City Tramp Director
1966