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Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

05/30/1945

Date of death

06/10/1982

Place of birth

Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany

Also known as

Franz Walsch

R. W. Fassbinder

Rainer W. Fassbinder

Ράινερ Βέρνερ Φασμπίντερ

Ра́йнер Ве́рнер Фасби́ндер

راينر فاسبيندر

რაინერ უერნერ ფასბინდერი

ライナー・ヴェルナー・ファスビンダー

赖纳·维尔纳·法斯宾德

라이너 베르너 파스빈더

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Biography

“I let the audience feel and think.” Director, screenwriter, producer, actor and emblematic figure of the New German Cinema. He began his artistic career in the theater before making the leap to cinema in 1969 with Love is colder than death, presented at the Berlin Festival. With a prolific output of over forty feature films in less than fifteen years, he tackled complex subjects such as the Nazi past, the German economic miracle and the terror of the Red Army faction, as well as exploring the depths of the self, engaging with themes such as love, friendship and identity. Influenced by American melodrama and the work of Douglas Sirk, he set out to create films that reflected interpersonal relationships from a cold, intellectual approach. He aligned himself with the principles of playwright Bertolt Brecht, which allowed him to present his stories in a detached and reflective manner, challenging the viewer's emotional conventions while proposing innovative camera and staging techniques.

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