
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directing
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Known for
Directing
Born
1945-05-31
From
Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Died
1982-06-10
Also known as Rainer W. Fassbinder, R. W. Fassbinder, Franz Walsch
Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 â 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 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.

The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Zucker

The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Peddler

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Eugen

Lili Marleen
as GĂŒnther Weissenborn (uncredited)

Katzelmacher
as Jorgos

Baal
as Baal

Room 666
as Self

Veronika Voss
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)

Kamikaze '89
as Police Lieutenant Jansen

Fox and His Friends
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
as Self

Love Is Colder Than Death
as Franz

Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)

Tenderness of the Wolves
as Wittowski

Germany in Autumn
as Self (uncredited)

Whity
as Saloon guest (uncredited)

Beware of a Holy Whore
as Sascha

Effi Briest
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

End of the Commune?
as Self (uncredited)

Bremen Freedom
as Rumpf

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self (archive footage)

I Donât Just Want You to Love Me
as Self (archive footage)

Adolf and Marlene
as Hermann

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self

Supergirl
as Man in Front of Shop Window

Mathias KneiĂl
as Flecklbauer

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
as Bauer

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
as Self (archive footage)

Fassbinder
as Self (archive footage)

Fassbinder's Women
as Self (Archive footage)

Shadow of Angels
as Raoul

Haytabo
as Courier

Gods of the Plague
as Pornokunde

Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)

The Little Chaos
as Franz

1 Berlin-Harlem
as Self

The Niklashausen Journey
as Schwarzer Mönch

My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)

Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)

Bourbon Street Blues
as Writer

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
as Self (archive footage)

Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Self

The American Soldier
as Franz Walsch (uncredited)

Once Upon a Time⊠The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Self (archive footage)

Photographer "Eise"
as Self

The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)

A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)

Al Capone im deutschen Wald
as Heini

Douglas Sirk: Ăber Stars
as Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
as Self

The Ancestress
as Jaromir

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

Tonys Freunde
as Mallard

Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
as Soldier

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
as the pimp

Die Wohngenossin

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
as Self

Frei bis zum nÀchsten Mal
as Mechaniker

Polnischer Sommer
as Babiuch

Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

The City Tramp
as Man #1 on Toilet

Little Godard
as Second Director

Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
as Self

AtlĂštic Club Banyoles
as self

The Wizard of Babylon
as Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
as Self (archive footage)

Auf dem TrĂŒmmerfeld der TrĂ€ume
as Self

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
as Self (also interviewee) (uncredited)

Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder
as Self

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
as Self