Where to watch Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the UK
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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
- Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Stars in the Ring (1959) as Self
- aspekte (1965) as Self
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Director
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972) Director
- Je später der Abend (1973) as Self
- Am laufenden Band (1974) as Self - Guest
- World on a Wire (1973) Director
- Querelle (1982) Editor
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Original Music Composer
- Lili Marleen (1981) Editor
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) Writer
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) Director
- Room 666 (1985) as Self
- Veronika Voss (1982) Director
- Lola (1981) Screenplay
- Chinese Roulette (1977) Writer
- Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Despair (1978) Director
- Baal (1970) as Baal
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Screenplay
- In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) Director
- Martha (1974) Director
- Satan’s Brew (1976) Director
- Kamikaze '89 (1982) as Police Lieutenant Jansen
- The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977) Director
- Jail Bait (1973) Writer
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975) Director
- Peter von Kant (2022) Original Story
- Rio das Mortes (1971) Director
- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) Screenplay
- Fox and His Friends (1975) Producer
- Katzelmacher (1969) Screenplay
- La Paloma (1974) Writer
- Whity (1971) Director
- The American Soldier (1976) Director
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) Director
- Germany in Autumn (1978) Director
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) Screenplay
- Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) Director
- Effi Briest (1974) Screenplay
- Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) Producer
- Biographies (1978) as Self
- The Third Generation (1979) Director
- Nora Helmer (1974) Director
- Love Is Colder Than Death (1970) Screenplay
- The Coffee House (1970) Director
- Back to Room 666 (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Mathias Kneißl (1971) as Flecklbauer
- Bremen Freedom (1972) Director
- Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) as Self
- Haytabo (1971) as Courier
- Women in New York (1977) Director
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (1971) as Self
- Gods of the Plague (1970) Editor
- The Ancestress (1971) as Jaromir
- Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968) as the pimp
- My Name Is Not Ali (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Fassbinder (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Fear of Fear (1975) Director
- Adolf and Marlene (1977) Producer
- The Niklashausen Journey (1970) Director
- I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) Writer
- Bourbon Street Blues (1979) as Writer
- The City Tramp (1966) Director
- A German Youth (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Like a Bird on a Wire (1975) Director
- The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) as Bauer
- Die Wohngenossin (1975) Cast
- 1 Berlin-Harlem (1974) as Self
- Little Godard (1978) as Second Director
- Garbage, the City and Death (2012) Theatre Play
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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), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979).
What TV shows has Rainer Werner Fassbinder appeared in?
Selected TV credits: NDR Talk Show (1979), Dalli Dalli (1971), Spécial cinéma (1974), German Film Award (1951), Grimme Award (1964).
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