Rainer Werner Fassbinder filmography

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

Filmography

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
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

  • 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

  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.