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Fassbinder

Name: Fassbinder
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-04-30
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.2

★ 6,2 /10 (9 Votes)

2015 DE 92 min

Overview

A film portrait of the influential Bavarian actor, director, and screenwriter who publicly confessed his homosexuality, which chronologically covers all the important stages from Action-Theater to the director's early death, supplemented with anecdotes.

Release date

30/04/2015

Votes

Popularity

1.0

Genres

Documentary

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

92 min

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla

Self

Irm Hermann

Self

Harry Baer

Self

Hark Bohm

Self

Volker Schlöndorff

Self

Günter Rohrbach

Self

Margit Carstensen

Self

No photo

Hubert Gilli

Self

No photo

Juliane Lorenz

Self

Thomas Schühly

Self

Wolf Gremm

Self

Fritz Müller-Scherz

Self

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Whoever thought it was necessary to kick Margit Carstensen's dogs underneath the table and use Rammstein as background music. The decision to put a modern twist on this documentary was superficial and felt like an unnecessary attempt to be different. If anyone reading this hasn't seen Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary about Fassbinder (titled: "Fassbinder - Love Without Demands") I highly suggest you watch it. It did his life and career more justice and painted an intimate, affecting portrait of the man himself.

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