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Rainer Werner Fassbinder Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 - June 10, 1982),German movie director and actor, was one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.

He was born in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. He died of a drug overdose; his death is often considered the end of New German Cinema.

In his short life he not only made 41 films, but he also worked as an actor (film and theatre), cameraman, composer, designer, editor, producer and theatre manager.

Notable Works

Film
1969 - Love Is Colder Than Death - (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod)
1969 - Katzelmacher
1971 - Beware Of A Holy Whore - (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte)
1972 - The Merchant Of Four Seasons - (Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)
1974 - Angst essen Seele auf - translated as: Ali - Fear Eats The Soul or Fear Eats the Soul, a remake of Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows
1975 - Faustrecht der Freiheit - translated as: Fox and His Friends or Fist-Fight of Freedom or Fox
1978 - Germany in Autumn - (Deutschland im Herbst)
1978 - The Marriage Of Maria Braun - (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
1978 - In A Year Of Thirteen Moons - (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden)
1979 - The Third Generation - (Die Dritte Generation)
1981 - Lili Marleen
1981 - Lola
1982 - Querelle

Theatre
1968 - Katzelmacher

TV
1972 - Eight Hours Are Not A Day - (Acht Stunden sind kein Tag)
1974 - Effi Briest
1980 - Berlin Alexanderplatz
 
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