As Director, As Writer
Martha
1974
7.1
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Acting
Born
May 31, 1945
Place of Birth
Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Deceased
June 10, 1982
Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema. Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career that lasted 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 Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
7.8
As Director, As Writer
Jail Bait
1973
6.2
As Actor, As Director
Bremen Freedom
1972
6.0
As Director, As Writer
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
7.4
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
6.4
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Whity
1971
5.2
As Actor
Mathias Kneißl
1971
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
5.3
As Actor
Supergirl
1971
3.9
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
The Niklashausen Journey
1970
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Gods of the Plague
1970
5.6
As Director, As Writer
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
7.3
As Director, As Writer
The Coffee House
1970
5.3
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970
6.2
As Actor
Baal
1970
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Katzelmacher
1969
6.5
As Actor
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
1968
7.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
The Little Chaos
1966
6.2