Biography: life and films
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany on 31st May 1945 and died in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany on 10th June 1982, aged 37.His best films as an actor include Lothar Lambert's 1 Berlin-Harlem (1974), Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975), Daniel Schmid's Schatten der Engel (1976), Dieter Schidor's Der Bauer von Babylon - Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht Querelle (1982) and Wolf Gremm's thriller Kamikaze 1989 (1982), and whose best work as a film director include Katzelmacher (1969), Gods of the Plague (1970), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972), Angst essen Seele auf (1974) and Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979).
Rainer Werner Fassbinder appeared in 29 films, scripted 27 films, directed 26 films and was cinematographer on 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ulli Lommel (3 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (27 films), romance (6), Documentary (6), comedy-drama (4), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (3) and comedy (3).
Our average rating for Rainer Werner Fassbinder over all films is: 3.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt (1968) [a]
Katzelmacher (1969) [a,d,w]
Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) [a,d,w]
Der Amerikanische Soldat (1970) [a,d,w]
Gods of the Plague (1970) [a,d,w]
Mathias Kneissl (1970) [a]
The Niklashausen Journey (1970) [a,d,w]
Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (1970) [d,w]
Haytabo (1971) [a]
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) [a,d,w]
Whity (1971) [a,d,w]
Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972) [d,w]
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) [a,d,w]
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) [a]
1 Berlin-Harlem (1974) [a]
Angst essen Seele auf (1974) [a,d,w]
Fontane - Effi Briest (1974) [d,w]
Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975) [a,d,w]
Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (1975) [a,d,w]
Chinesisches Roulette (1976) [d,w]
Satansbraten (1976) [d,w]
Schatten der Engel (1976) [a,w]
Adolf und Marlene (1977) [a]
Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (1978) [a]
Despair (1978) [d]
Deutschland im Herbst (1978) [a,d,w]
In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978) [a,d,w,c]
Die Dritte Generation (1979) [d,w,c]
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979) [a,d,w]
Heute spielen wir den Boß (1981) [a]
Lili Marleen (1981) [d,w]
Lola (1981) [d,w]
Theater in Trance (1981) [d,w]
Der Bauer von Babylon - Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht Querelle (1982) [a]
Die Erbtöchter (1982) [a]
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (1982) [a,d,w]
Kamikaze 1989 (1982) [a]
Querelle (1982) [d,w]
Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt - Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1993) [a]
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