Rainer Werner Fassbinder filmography

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a German filmmaker.

## Filmography

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All titles written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder unless stated otherwise. According to Hanna Schygulla, Fassbinder had no part in the making of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?; it was realized from his idea by Michael Fengler, his assistant.[1]

Year  | English title  | Original title  | Role  | Notes

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1965  | This Night | This Night |  | Short
Lost
1966  | The City Tramp | Der Stadtstreicher | Mann auf toiletten  | Short, Uncredited
1967  | The Little Chaos | Das kleine Chaos | Franz  | Short
1968  | With Oak Leaves and Fig Leaf [de] | Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt | Festnehmender Soldat  |
1969  | Love Is Colder Than Death | Liebe ist kälter als der Tod | Franz Walsch  | Uncredited
1969  | Katzelmacher | Katzelmacher | Jorgos  | Based on Fassbinder's play
English title: Cock Artist, Uncredited
1970  | Gods of the Plague | Götter der Pest | Pornokunde  | Uncredited
1970  | The Coffee Shop [fr] | Das Kaffeehaus |  | Video recording for German TV
Based on La bottega del caffè (1750), by Carlo Goldoni
1970  | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? |  | Co-directed and written (improvisation instructions) with Michael Fengler
1970  | The American Soldier | Der amerikanische Soldat | Franz Walsch  | Uncredited
1970  | The Niklashausen Journey | Die Niklashauser Fahrt | Black Monk  | TV movie, Uncredited
Co-directed with Michael Fengler
1970  | Baal | Baal | Baal  | TV movie
Based on Bertolt Brecht's 1923 play
Written and directed by Volker Schlöndorff
1971  | Rio das Mortes | Rio das Mortes | Hannas Tanzpartner  | TV movie, Uncredited
1971  | Mathias Kneissl | Mathias Kneissl | Flecklbauer  |
1971  | Whity | Whity | Saloon guest  | Uncredited
1971  | Beware of a Holy Whore | Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte | Sascha, Herstellungsleiter  |
1971  | Pioneers in Ingolstadt [de] | Pioniere in Ingolstadt |  | TV movie
Based on the 1926 play by Marieluise Fleißer
1972  | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Händler der vier Jahreszeiten | Zucker / Hans's friend  | Uncredited
1972  | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant |  | Based on Fassbinder's play
1972–1973  | Eight Hours Don't Make a Day | Acht Stunden sind kein Tag |  | TV series, 5 episodes
1972  | Bremen Freedom [de] | Bremer Freiheit | Rumpf  | TV movie, Uncredited
Based on Fassbinder's play
1972  | Jail Bait [de] | Wildwechsel |  | TV movie
Based on Franz Xaver Kroetz's 1971 play
1973  | The Tenderness of Wolves | Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe  | Wittowski  |
1973  | World on a Wire | Welt am Draht |  | TV movie in two parts
Based on the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye
Co-written with Fritz Müller-Scherz
1974  | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Angst essen Seele auf | Eugen, Krista's husband  | Uncredited
Inspired by Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows
1974  | Nora Helmer [fr] | Nora Helmer |  | Video recording for German TV
Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen (German translation by Bernhard Schulze)
1974  | Martha | Martha |  | 16mm TV movie
Based on the story "For the Rest of Her Life" by Cornell Woolrich
1974  | Effi Briest | Fontane – Effi Briest oder: Viele, die eine Ahnung haben
von ihren Möglichkeiten und Bedürfnissen und dennoch
das herrschende System in ihrem Kopf akzeptieren durch
ihre Taten und es somit festigen und durchaus bestätigen | Narrator  | Uncredited
Based on Theodor Fontane's 1894 novel of the same name
1975  | Like a Bird on a Wire | Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht |  | TV movie
Co-written with Christian Hohoff and Anja Hauptmann
1975  | Fox and His Friends | Faustrecht der Freiheit | Franz Biberkopf  | Co-written with Christian Hohoff
1975  | Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven | Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel |  | Co-written with Kurt Raab
Based on the short story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glück" by Heinrich Zille
1975  | Fear of Fear [de] | Angst vor der Angst |  | TV movie
Based on Asta Scheib's 1974 novel Langsame Tage
1976  | Shadow of Angels | Schatten der Engel | Raoul  |
1976  | I Only Want You To Love Me | Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt |  | TV movie
Based on the book Lebenslänglich by Klaus Antes and Christiane Erhardt
1976  | Satan's Brew | Satansbraten |  |
1976  | Chinese Roulette | Chinesisches Roulette |  |
1977  | Adolfo & Marlene | Adolf und Marlene | Hermann  |
1977  | Women in New York [de] | Frauen in New York |  | TV movie
Based on Clare Boothe Luce's The Women
1977  | The Stationmaster's Wife | Bolwieser |  | 16mm TV movie in two parts
Based on Oskar Maria Graf's 1931 novel Bolwieser: The Novel of a Husband
1978  | Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film | Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film | Second Director  |
1978  | Germany in Autumn | Deutschland im Herbst |  | Short omnibus film
1978  | Despair | Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht |  | Screenplay by Tom Stoppard
Based on Vladimir Nabokov's 1936 novel
1978  | In a Year of 13 Moons | In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden |  | Director
1979  | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun |  | Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer
1979  | The Third Generation | Die dritte Generation | Peddler  |
1980  | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Erzähler  | Miniseries, 14 episodes
Based on the Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel
1981  | Lili Marleen | Lili Marleen | Günther Weissenborn  | Uncredited
Based on Lale Andersen autobiography Der Himmel hat viele Farben
Co-written with Manfred Purzer and Joshua Sinclair
1981  | Theater in Trance | Theater in Trance |  | Documentary
1981  | Heute spielen wir den Boß | Heute spielen wir den Boß | Man  | Uncredited
1981  | Lola | Lola |  | Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer
1982  | Veronika Voss | Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss | Kinobesucher  | Uncredited
Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer
1982  | Querelle | Querelle |  | Based on Jean Genet's 1953 novel Querelle of Brest
Co-written with Burkhard Driest
1982  | Kamikaze 1989 | Kamikaze 1989 | Polizeileutnant Jansen  | written and directed by Wolf Gremm
1983  | Die Erbtöchter | Die Erbtöchter |  | (segment "Flüchtige Umarmungen")

## Films about Fassbinder

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* Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1977) – German documentary made by Florian Hopf and Maximiliane Mainka. (29 minutes)
* Life Stories: A Conversation with RWF (German title: Lebensläufe – Rainer Werner Fassbinder im Gespräch, 1978) – German TV documentary made by Peter W. Jansen as part of a regular series. Contains an in-depth interview given by RWF in his Paris home. Originally aired on 18 March 1978. (48 minutes)
* RWF Last Works (German title: RWF Letzte Arbeiten, 1982) – German TV documentary made by Wolf Gremm during the shooting of Kamikaze 1989 and Querelle.
* Room 666 (German title: Chambre 666, 1982) – Along with a number of his peers, Fassbinder participated in this Wim Wenders documentary project. (50 minutes)
* A Man Like E.V.A. [de] (German title: Ein Mann wie E.V.A., 1984) – Eva Mattes plays a fictionalized version of Fassbinder in this film directed by Radu Gabrea.(92 minutes) [2]
* I Don't Just Want You to Love Me (1992) – German feature-length documentary on Fassbinder's career. (90 minutes)
* The Women of Fassbinder (German title: Frauen über R. W. Fassbinder 1992) – German television documentary made by Thomas Honickel. Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla and (briefly) Rosel Zech are interviewed. (60 minutes)
* The Many Women of Fassbinder (1997)
* Life, Love and Celluloid (1998) – English language documentary film by Juliane Lorenz centring on the 1997 Museum of Modern Art retrospective in New York. Gottfried John and Günter Lamprecht are featured. (90 minutes)
* Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002) – Documentary made by Robert Fischer (mainly in English) and co-written by Ulli Lommel, who also appears. Michael Ballhaus, Hanna Schygulla and Wim Wenders are interviewed. (57 minutes)
* Fassbinder's Women (2005) – French thematic anthology of film clips. (25 minutes)
* Enfant Terrible, 2020 film directed by Oskar Roehler

## References

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* Rainer Werner Fassbinder. filmportal.de.

1. ^ Sontag, Susan (25 February 2003). "The Imperfect Storm". The Village Voice. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
2. ^ Canby, Vincent (26 June 1985). "Film: 'A Man Like Eva'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

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Works by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

* Filmography

Films|

* Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
* Katzelmacher (1969)
* Gods of the Plague (1970)
* Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
* The American Soldier (1970)
* Whity (1971)
* Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
* The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
* The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
* Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
* Effi Briest (1974)
* Fear of Fear (1975)
* Fox and His Friends (1975)
* Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975)
* Satan's Brew (1976)
* Chinese Roulette (1976)
* Germany in Autumn (1978)
* Despair (1978)
* In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
* The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
* The Third Generation (1979)
* Lili Marleen (1981)
* Lola (1981)
* Veronika Voss (1982)
* Querelle (1982)

Television|

* The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
* Rio das Mortes (1971)
* Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972–1973)
* Jail Bait [de] (1972)
* World on a Wire (1973)
* Martha (1974)
* I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
* The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)
* Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, series)

Related|

* BRD Trilogy
* Enfant Terrible (2020 biopic)
* Fassbinder's Women (2000 documentary)
* Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors (2023 book)

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