Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1976 • West Germany
A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1976 • Germany
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagarizes the work of Stefan George, he comes to believe he is the reincarnation of the dead writer.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1978 • West Germany
Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only to have him disappear in the war. Alone, Maria uses her beauty and ambition to prosper in Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950's. Fassbinder's bigge...
“The Punishment Begins”
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1980 • Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s controversial, fifteen-hour BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, based on Alfred Döblin’s great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already ...
