
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Eugen
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Peddler
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Director
Veronika Voss
Kinobesucher (uncredited)
Fox and His Friends
Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
Querelle
Director
Lola
Director
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Director
FlickList VIP
Recommended for you
Filmography
Acting (83)
Movies (71)
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020as Self (archive footage)
Photographer "Eise"
2019as Self
Fassbinder
2015as Self (archive footage)
A German Youth
2015as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
2015as Self (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali
2011as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010as Self (archive footage)
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008as Self (archive footage)
Back to Room 666
2008as Self (archive footage)
Atlètic Club Banyoles
2007as self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
2005as Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002as Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
2002as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder's Women
2000as Self (Archive footage)
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992as Self (archive footage)
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987as Self
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
Veronika Voss
1982as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
Kamikaze '89
1982as Police Lieutenant Jansen
The Wizard of Babylon
1982as Self
Room 666
1982as Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982as Self
Lili Marleen
1981as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981as Self
Polnischer Sommer
1981as Babiuch
Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
1980as Self
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980as Self
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979as Peddler
Bourbon Street Blues
1979as Writer
Germany in Autumn
1978as Self (uncredited)
Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder
1978as Self
Little Godard
1978as Second Director
Adolf and Marlene
1977as Hermann
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
1976as Self (also interviewee) (uncredited)
Shadow of Angels
1976as Raoul
The American Soldier
1976as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976as Self
Fox and His Friends
1975as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
Die Wohngenossin
1975Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume
1975as Self
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974as Eugen
Effi Briest
1974as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974as Self
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973as Wittowski
Bremen Freedom
1972as Rumpf
Rio das Mortes
1971as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
Mathias Kneißl
1971as Flecklbauer
Haytabo
1971as Courier
Whity
1971as Saloon guest (uncredited)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971as Zucker
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971as Sascha
Supergirl
1971as Man in Front of Shop Window
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971as Bauer
The Ancestress
1971as Jaromir
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971as Self
Baal
1970as Baal
Gods of the Plague
1970as Pornokunde
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970as Franz
End of the Commune?
1970as Self (uncredited)
The Niklashausen Journey
1970as Schwarzer Mönch
Katzelmacher
1969as Jorgos
Tonys Freunde
1969as Mallard
Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
1969as Mechaniker
Al Capone im deutschen Wald
1969as Heini
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
1968as Soldier
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
1968as the pimp
The City Tramp
1966as Man #1 on Toilet
The Little Chaos
1966as Franz
Television (12)
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006as Self (archive footage)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
NDR Talk Show
1979as Self
Biographies
1978as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self
Am laufenden Band
1974as Self - Guest
Je später der Abend
1973as Self
Dalli Dalli
1971as Self
aspekte
1965as Self
Grimme Award
1964as Self
Stars in the Ring
1959as Self
German Film Award
1951as Self
Crew (139)
Movies (132)
Peter von Kant
2022Original Story
Frogman Katzelmacher
2013Writer
Garbage, the City and Death
2012Theatre Play
The Marriage of Maria Braun
2008Writer
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000Writer
Veronika Voss
1982Co-Producer
Veronika Voss
1982Director
Veronika Voss
1982Screenplay
Querelle
1982Director
Querelle
1982Editor
Querelle
1982Screenplay
Lola
1981Director
Lola
1981Editor
Lola
1981Line Producer
Lola
1981Screenplay
Lili Marleen
1981Director
Lili Marleen
1981Editor
Lili Marleen
1981Screenplay
Theater in Trance
1981Director
Theater in Trance
1981Writer
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979Director
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979Editor
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979Idea
The Third Generation
1979Camera Operator
The Third Generation
1979Director
The Third Generation
1979Director of Photography
The Third Generation
1979Producer
The Third Generation
1979Screenplay
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Art Direction
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Director
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Director of Photography
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Editor
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Producer
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978Writer
Despair
1978Director
Despair
1978Editor
Spiel der Verlierer
1978Editor
Spiel der Verlierer
1978Producer
Germany in Autumn
1978Director
Germany in Autumn
1978Screenplay
Chinese Roulette
1977Director
Chinese Roulette
1977Writer
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977Director
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977Editor
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977Writer
Women in New York
1977Director
Adolf and Marlene
1977Producer
Satan’s Brew
1976Director
Satan’s Brew
1976Writer
Shadow of Angels
1976Screenplay
Shadow of Angels
1976Theatre Play
The American Soldier
1976Director
The American Soldier
1976Producer
The American Soldier
1976Production Design
The American Soldier
1976Songs
The American Soldier
1976Writer
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976Director
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976Writer
Fox and His Friends
1975Director
Fox and His Friends
1975Producer
Fox and His Friends
1975Writer
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975Director
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975Writer
Fear of Fear
1975Director
Fear of Fear
1975Writer
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975Director
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975Writer
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974Director
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974Original Music Composer
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974Producer
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974Production Design
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974Screenplay
Martha
1974Director
Martha
1974Screenplay
Effi Briest
1974Director
Effi Briest
1974Producer
Effi Briest
1974Screenplay
Nora Helmer
1974Director
La Paloma
1974Writer
Jail Bait
1973Director
Jail Bait
1973Screenplay
Jail Bait
1973Writer
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973Producer
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972Director
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972Producer
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972Screenplay
Bremen Freedom
1972Author
Bremen Freedom
1972Director
Rio das Mortes
1971Director
Rio das Mortes
1971Editor
Rio das Mortes
1971Writer
Whity
1971Director
Whity
1971Editor
Whity
1971Screenplay
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971Director
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971Original Music Composer
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971Producer
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971Screenplay
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971Director
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971Screenplay
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971Director
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971Editor
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971Writer
The Coffee House
1970Director
The Coffee House
1970Writer
Gods of the Plague
1970Director
Gods of the Plague
1970Editor
Gods of the Plague
1970Producer
Gods of the Plague
1970Screenplay
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970Director
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970Editor
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970Screenplay
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970Director
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970Editor
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970Screenplay
The Niklashausen Journey
1970Director
The Niklashausen Journey
1970Editor
The Niklashausen Journey
1970Writer
Katzelmacher
1969Director
Katzelmacher
1969Editor
Katzelmacher
1969Production Design
Katzelmacher
1969Screenplay
Katzelmacher
1969Theatre Play
The City Tramp
1966Director
The City Tramp
1966Editor
The City Tramp
1966Writer
The Little Chaos
1966Director
The Little Chaos
1966Writer
This Night
1966Cinematography
This Night
1966Director
This Night
1966Writer
Ein Platz für Günter
1966Assistant Director
FlickList VIP
Recommended for you