Rainer Werner Fassbinder

ActorWriterProductionDirectorEditor May 31 (died age 37) Bad Wörishofen, Germany 1951–2024 (73 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Eugen

Film

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Peddler

Film

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Director

Film

Veronika Voss

Kinobesucher (uncredited)

Film

Fox and His Friends

Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf

Film

Querelle

Director

Film

Lola

Director

Film

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Director

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (71)

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

2024

Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Photographer "Eise"

2019

as Self

Fassbinder

2015

as Self (archive footage)

6.2

A German Youth

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

2015

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

2012

as Self (archive footage)

My Name Is Not Ali

2011

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

2010

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Back to Room 666

2008

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

Atlètic Club Banyoles

2007

as self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

2005

as Self

5.0

Fassbinder in Hollywood

2002

as Self (archive footage)

5.9

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch

2002

as Self (archive footage)

Fassbinder's Women

2000

as Self (Archive footage)

5.0

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

1992

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

1987

as Self

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984

as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)

6.0

Veronika Voss

1982

as Kinobesucher (uncredited)

7.2

Kamikaze '89

1982

as Police Lieutenant Jansen

5.3

The Wizard of Babylon

as Self

Room 666

as Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

1982

as Self

5.7

Lili Marleen

1981

as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)

6.4

Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

1981

as Self

5.0

Polnischer Sommer

1981

as Babiuch

Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

1980

as Self

6.3

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

1980

as Self

The Marriage of Maria Braun

as Peddler

Bourbon Street Blues

as Writer

Germany in Autumn

as Self (uncredited)

Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder

1978

as Self

Little Godard

1978

as Second Director

Adolf and Marlene

1977

as Hermann

6.0

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

1976

as Self (also interviewee) (uncredited)

Shadow of Angels

1976

as Raoul

3.8

The American Soldier

1976

as Franz Walsch (uncredited)

6.2

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

1976

as Self

Fox and His Friends

1975

as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf

7.2

Die Wohngenossin

1975

4.0

Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume

1975

as Self

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

as Eugen

7.7

Effi Briest

1974

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

1 Berlin-Harlem

1974

as Self

1.0

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Wittowski

Bremen Freedom

as Rumpf

Rio das Mortes

as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)

Mathias Kneißl

as Flecklbauer

Haytabo

as Courier

Whity

as Saloon guest (uncredited)

5.1

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1971

as Zucker

6.6

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971

as Sascha

6.2

Supergirl

1971

as Man in Front of Shop Window

3.8

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

1971

as Bauer

6.5

The Ancestress

1971

as Jaromir

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

1971

as Self

Baal

as Baal

Gods of the Plague

as Pornokunde

Love Is Colder Than Death

1970

as Franz

6.2

End of the Commune?

1970

as Self (uncredited)

The Niklashausen Journey

as Schwarzer Mönch

Katzelmacher

as Jorgos

Tonys Freunde

as Mallard

Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

1969

as Mechaniker

Al Capone im deutschen Wald

1969

as Heini

Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

1968

as Soldier

7.0

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

as the pimp

The City Tramp

as Man #1 on Toilet

The Little Chaos

as Franz

Television (12)

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

2006

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

as Narrator (voice, uncredited)

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Biographies

as Self

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Am laufenden Band

1974

as Self - Guest

6.5

Je später der Abend

1973

as Self

Dalli Dalli

as Self

aspekte

as Self

Grimme Award

as Self

Stars in the Ring

as Self

German Film Award

as Self

Crew (139)

Movies (132)

Peter von Kant

2022

Original Story

5.7

Frogman Katzelmacher

2013

Writer

Garbage, the City and Death

2012

Theatre Play

2.7

The Marriage of Maria Braun

2008

Writer

Water Drops on Burning Rocks

Writer

Veronika Voss

Co-Producer

Veronika Voss

Director

Veronika Voss

Screenplay

Querelle

Director

Querelle

Editor

Querelle

Screenplay

Lola

Director

Lola

Editor

Lola

Line Producer

Lola

Screenplay

Lili Marleen

Director

Lili Marleen

Editor

Lili Marleen

Screenplay

Theater in Trance

Director

Theater in Trance

Writer

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979

Director

7.4

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979

Editor

7.4

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Idea

The Third Generation

Camera Operator

The Third Generation

Director

The Third Generation

Director of Photography

The Third Generation

Producer

The Third Generation

Screenplay

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Art Direction

6.6

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Director

6.6

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Director of Photography

6.6

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Editor

6.6

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

Producer

6.6

In a Year with 13 Moons

Writer

Despair

Director

Despair

Editor

Spiel der Verlierer

Editor

Spiel der Verlierer

1978

Producer

Germany in Autumn

Director

Germany in Autumn

Screenplay

Chinese Roulette

Director

Chinese Roulette

Writer

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977

Director

5.2

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977

Editor

5.2

The Stationmaster’s Wife

Writer

Women in New York

Director

Adolf and Marlene

Producer

Satan’s Brew

Director

Satan’s Brew

Writer

Shadow of Angels

Screenplay

Shadow of Angels

Theatre Play

The American Soldier

Director

The American Soldier

Producer

The American Soldier

Production Design

The American Soldier

Songs

The American Soldier

Writer

I Only Want You to Love Me

1976

Director

7.2

I Only Want You to Love Me

Writer

Fox and His Friends

Director

Fox and His Friends

Producer

Fox and His Friends

Writer

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

1975

Director

7.6

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Writer

Fear of Fear

Director

Fear of Fear

Writer

Like a Bird on a Wire

1975

Director

5.8

Like a Bird on a Wire

1975

Writer

5.8

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

Director

7.7

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

Original Music Composer

7.7

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

Producer

7.7

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

Production Design

7.7

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Screenplay

Martha

Director

Martha

Screenplay

Effi Briest

Director

Effi Briest

Producer

Effi Briest

Screenplay

Nora Helmer

Director

La Paloma

Writer

Jail Bait

Director

Jail Bait

Screenplay

Jail Bait

Writer

Tenderness of the Wolves

1973

Producer

5.6

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

1972

Director

7.4

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

1972

Producer

7.4

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Screenplay

Bremen Freedom

Author

Bremen Freedom

Director

Rio das Mortes

Director

Rio das Mortes

Editor

Rio das Mortes

Writer

Whity

Director

Whity

Editor

Whity

Screenplay

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1971

Director

6.6

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1971

Original Music Composer

6.6

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1971

Producer

6.6

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1971

Screenplay

6.6

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

1971

Director

5.1

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

1971

Screenplay

5.1

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971

Director

6.2

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971

Editor

6.2

Beware of a Holy Whore

Writer

The Coffee House

Director

The Coffee House

Writer

Gods of the Plague

Director

Gods of the Plague

Editor

Gods of the Plague

Producer

Gods of the Plague

Screenplay

Love Is Colder Than Death

1970

Director

6.2

Love Is Colder Than Death

1970

Editor

6.2

Love Is Colder Than Death

1970

Screenplay

6.2

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

1970

Director

7.3

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

1970

Editor

7.3

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

1970

Screenplay

7.3

The Niklashausen Journey

1970

Director

5.4

The Niklashausen Journey

1970

Editor

5.4

The Niklashausen Journey

Writer

Katzelmacher

Director

Katzelmacher

Editor

Katzelmacher

Production Design

Katzelmacher

Screenplay

Katzelmacher

Theatre Play

The City Tramp

Director

The City Tramp

Editor

The City Tramp

Writer

The Little Chaos

Director

The Little Chaos

Writer

This Night

Cinematography

This Night

1966

Director

This Night

1966

Writer

Ein Platz für Günter

1966

Assistant Director

Television (7)

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

Director

7.4

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Writer

World on a Wire

Director

World on a Wire

Writer

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972

Director

7.6

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972

Producer

7.6

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972

Writer

7.6