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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Bremer Freiheit | Rumpf | TV movie, Uncredited Based on Fassbinder's play |
| 1972 | Jail Bait | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. (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
- ↑ Sontag, Susan (25 February 2003). "The Imperfect Storm". The Village Voice. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (26 June 1985). "Film: 'A Man Like Eva'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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