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Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career 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 outsider…
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- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self
- aspekte (1965) as Self
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Stars in the Ring (1959) as Self
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Director
- Je später der Abend (1973) as Self
- Am laufenden Band (1974) as Self - Guest
- World on a Wire (1973) Director
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972) Writer
- Querelle (1982) Editor
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Original Music Composer
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Lili Marleen (1981) Editor
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) Writer
- Lola (1981) Screenplay
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) Director
- Baal (1970) as Baal
- Room 666 (1985) as Self
- Veronika Voss (1982) Director
- Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Screenplay
- Jail Bait (1973) Writer
- Chinese Roulette (1977) Writer
- Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) Producer
- Despair (1978) Director
- Katzelmacher (1969) Screenplay
- Satan’s Brew (1976) Director
- Fox and His Friends (1975) Producer
- Biographies (1978) as Self
- The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977) Director
- Martha (1974) Director
- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) Screenplay
- Germany in Autumn (1978) Director
- Kamikaze '89 (1982) as Police Lieutenant Jansen
- Peter von Kant (2022) Original Story
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975) Director
- Love Is Colder Than Death (1970) Screenplay
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) Director
- In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) Director
- The American Soldier (1976) Director
- Fassbinder (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- The Third Generation (1979) Director
- La Paloma (1974) Writer
- Rio das Mortes (1971) Director
- Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) Director
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) Screenplay
- Whity (1971) Director
- Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Effi Briest (1974) Screenplay
- Back to Room 666 (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Nora Helmer (1974) Director
- Gods of the Plague (1970) Editor
- Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) as Self
- Fear of Fear (1975) Director
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (1971) as Self
- Adolf and Marlene (1977) Producer
- The Coffee House (1970) Director
- The Ancestress (1971) as Jaromir
- Mathias Kneißl (1971) as Flecklbauer
- Women in New York (1977) Director
- Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Supergirl (1971) as Man in Front of Shop Window
- I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) Writer
- The City Tramp (1966) Director
- Bremen Freedom (1972) Director
- Haytabo (1971) as Courier
- The Niklashausen Journey (1970) Director
- Shadow of Angels (1976) Theatre Play
- Little Godard (1978) as Second Director
- The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984) as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
- End of the Commune? (1970) as Self (uncredited)
- A German Youth (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Garbage, the City and Death (2012) Theatre Play
- The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) as Bauer
- 1 Berlin-Harlem (1974) as Self
- Polnischer Sommer (1981) as Babiuch
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What are Rainer Werner Fassbinder's most popular films?
Most-watched Rainer Werner Fassbinder films currently: Querelle (1982), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Lili Marleen (1981), Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000), Lola (1981).
What TV shows has Rainer Werner Fassbinder appeared in?
Selected TV credits: NDR Talk Show (1979), Spécial cinéma (1974), Dalli Dalli (1971), aspekte (1965), German Film Award (1951).
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