Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Director
31 Movies and TV Series

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The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
― Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistre..

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Querelle
― Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding o..

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Lola
― Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a ..

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In a Year With 13 Moons
― This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before..

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Chinese Roulette
― A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the f..

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Satan's Brew
― This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic eff..

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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
― Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. His wife pushes him to seek a promotion, which may be a long sho..

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Despair
― Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émi..

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Martha
― A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation with her father in E..

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Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven
― Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kit..

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The Third Generation
― A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government an..

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Effi Briest
― A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Ha..

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The American Soldier
― Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer in Fassbinder’s su..

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Germany in Autumn
― Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard mov..

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Gods of The Plague
― A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several..

TVSeries
The Stationmaster's Wife
― The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his tr..

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Pioneers in Ingolstadt
― German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, ..

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The Niklashausen Journey
― Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacke..