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51. Aspekte (1965– )
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Aspects - the culture magazine.
Stars: Katty Salié, Jo Schück, Salwa Houmsi, Monika Meynert
Votes: 57
52. Nora Helmer (1974 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama
A beautiful young housewife, Nora, is trying to convince her tight-laced, bourgeois husband, Torvald, to give her some extra money for the holidays, even if he has to borrow it. Fassbinder's interpretation of "A dolls house".
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Joachim Hansen, Barbara Valentin, Klaus Löwitsch
Votes: 295
53. Bremen Freedom (1972 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Wolfgang Schenck, Wolfgang Kieling, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 289
54. Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Votes: 628
55. Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
A mysterious, supernaturally beautiful girl from another planet confuses and flusters the men on earth, where she has landed. The men follow her wherever she goes.
Director: Rudolf Thome | Stars: Iris Berben, Marquard Bohm, Nikolaus Dutsch, Karin Thome
Votes: 117
56. Like a Bird on a Wire (1975 TV Movie)
44 min | Music
Staged as a TV show, in a TV studio, set up like Brigitte Mira living room. She recounts her four husbands. Inspired by Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a wire".
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: El Hedi ben Salem, Ingfried Hoffmann, Evelyn Künneke, Brigitte Mira
Votes: 186
57. Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A man goes to visit Count Orlock, a deviant, adulterous, shape-shifting Transylvanian vampire.
Directors: Tony Watt, John Migliore, Vivita | Stars: Max Schreck, Vivita, Tony Watt, John Migliore
Votes: 160
58. The Niklashausen Journey (1970 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to ... See full summary »
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler | Stars: Michael König, Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Michael Gordon
Votes: 618
59. Theater in Trance (1981)
91 min | Documentary
RWF visits the "Theater der Welt" festival 1981 in Cologne. 30 groups contributed with over 100 performances. Framed by Fassbinders reading of Antonin Artauds "The Theater and its double".
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Pina Bausch, The Kipper Kids, Yoshi Oida, Jérôme Savary
Votes: 180
60. Pour le cinéma (1968–1978)
Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Claude Lelouch
61. Adolf und Marlene (1977)
88 min | Comedy
When Hitler sees Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her arrival she constantly insults and provokes ... See full summary »
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Ila von Hasperg, Ulli Lommel
Votes: 73
62. Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971)
94 min | Drama
In an attempt to escape poverty in the 1800s, eight German farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the Hessian Hinterland.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Reinhard Hauff, Georg Lehn, Karl-Josef Cramer, Wolfgang Bächler
Votes: 396
63. Thursday Night (2014)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
Demon, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll. Thursday night in London's counter-cultural Mecca Camden town.
Director: Max Derin | Stars: Peter Baranyai, Stefen Calvert, Tom Crang, Sophie Rankin
Votes: 28
64. Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter (1968)
23 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their trade on the night-time streets of ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Irm Hermann, Kristin Peterson, Hanna Schygulla, Peer Raben
Votes: 331
65. 1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)
100 min | Drama
An African-American GI goes to Berlin and faces prejudice.
Directors: Lothar Lambert, Wolfram Zobus | Stars: Louis Antonius, Claudja Barry, Arnold Bauer, Ortrud Beginnen
Votes: 35
66. Bourbon Street Blues (1979)
25 min | Short
About an alcoholic, cockroach-fearing tenant who has failed to pay her rent and the argument that ensues between her, her landlady, and another resident of the building.
Directors: Douglas Sirk, Hans Schönherr, Tilman Taube | Stars: Michael Breining, Annemarie Düringer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Doris Schade
Votes: 96
67. Der Stille Ozean (1983 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger | Stars: Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier, Johannes Thanheiser, Bruno Dallansky
Votes: 37
68. Blut am Hals der Katze (2004)
Drama
Director: Nikol Putz | Stars: Markus Carlsen, Manuel Luna Homeyer, Birgit Lünsmann, Natascha Russo
69. Mathias Kneissl (1971)
94 min | Drama
Inspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria, in the late XIX Century. Mathias stole from the riches to give to the poor, becoming a ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Hans Brenner, Ruth Drexel, Eva Mattes, Hanna Schygulla
Votes: 53
70. Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (1978)
84 min | Family
Director: Hellmuth Costard | Stars: Hellmuth Costard, Berhard Kiesel, Hilka Nordhausen, Andy Hertel
Votes: 33
71. The Wizard of Babylon (1982)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary
Documentary about German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, during the time of filming "Querelle." Features an interview with Fassbinder only ten hours before his death.
Directors: Dieter Schidor, Wolf Gremm, Frank Ripploh | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Klaus Löwitsch, Brad Davis, Burkhard Driest
Votes: 34
72. Je später der Abend... (1973– )
60 min | Talk-Show
The later the evening Talkshow.
Stars: Reinhard Münchenhagen, Dietmar Schönherr, Hansjürgen Rosenbauer, Evelyn Künneke
Votes: 20
73. The Coffee Shop (1970 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
People meet and chat at Ridolfo's Coffeehouse. The conversations are mostly about money. But also about feelings, ideals, friendship, love, fidelity and respectability.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven, Hanna Schygulla, Kurt Raab
Votes: 152
74. The Heiress (1983)
180 min
Directors: Viviane Berthommier, Danièle Dubroux, Marie-Christine Questerbert, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jutta Brückner, Ula Stöckl | Stars: Camille de Casabianca, Jean-Louis Desnos, Danièle Dubroux, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
75. The Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' (1979 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes documentary providing viewers with an in-depth look at the making of this classic film biography of freed convict Franz Biberkopf. This made-for-TV production looks at ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Dieter Hartl | Stars: Harry Baer, Rainer Buck, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günter Lamprecht
Votes: 97
76. Haytabo (1971)
75 min | Sci-Fi
A biochemistry professor finds an old manuscript with structure and formula of immortality drug.
Directors: Ulli Lommel, Peter Moland | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Katrin Schaake, Uschi Obermaier, Rainer Langhans
Votes: 95
77. Spécial cinéma (1974–1997)
Talk-Show
Shown on the main French language TV-channel in Switzerland (RTS), "Spécial Cinéma" is one of TSR's most iconic shows where the biggest names in film, directors and actors, from Visconti to Verneuil, from Godard to Delon where interviewed.
Stars: Christian Defaye, Alain Delon, Claude Goretta, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 12
78. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977 (1977)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Fassbinder reflects on the various stages of his career, discusses how his motives behind filmmaking evolved up to this point.
Directors: Florian Hopf, Maximiliane Mainka | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Florian Hopf, Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 110
79. Heute spielen wir den Boß (1981)
82 min | Comedy
Konrad Reichenstein and Fritz Paulig have one thing in common: their great love for film. You dream of stepping into the spotlight. Because they are extras, small actors who somehow muddle ... See full summary »
Director: Peer Raben | Stars: Kurt Raab, Dolly Dollar, Peter Kern, Rosel Zech
Votes: 35
80. Apropos Film (1967–2002)
45 min | Documentary
Speaking of film was a movie show that was produced by ORF.
Stars: Dietmar Schönherr, Helmut Dimko, Peter Hajek, Peter Kubelka
Votes: 17
81. Continental (1989)
104 min | Crime, Thriller
In the late 1950s, after assassinating the mythical kingpin Goncalves and dividing their domains, Ventura and Otálora, rival bosses and old friends, fight with their gangs for control of ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Villaverde | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Jorge Sanz, Cristina Marcos, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 82
83. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Letzte Arbeiten (1982 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Depicts Rainer Werner Fassbinder both as an actor - taking the leading role in the film "KAMIKAZE 1989" - and as a director working on "QUERELLE", his adaption of the work by Jean Genet.
Director: Wolf Gremm | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Harry Baer, Wolf Gremm, Johannes Grützke
Votes: 32
84. CondenadX
19 min | Documentary, Short, Crime | Post-production
Convicted is a big noiseless scream in despair, a journey. A multiplicity of ideas set free for those who can capture them. The accumulation, the loss of meaning. The barred scream.If u dare, you can embark on a journey through this lapse.
Director: Joel Córdoba | Stars: Sergi Busom, Rafael Calvo Suárez, Josep Farràs, Ana Suñer López
85. Spiel der Verlierer (1978)
79 min
Kluth, a married shipper in his fifties falls in love with Anita, a fifteen year old girl. She is the daughter of a pub owner. Kluth is a frequent guest at the pub. The parents of Anita ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Hohoff | Stars: Michael Ballhaus, Margit Carstensen, Carola Fahr, Claus Holm
86. Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt (1968)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Franz-Josef Spieker | Stars: Werner Enke, Birke Bruck, Ursula Barlen, E.O. Fuhrmann
Votes: 25
87. Quand la peur dévore l'âme (2007)
25 min | Short
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Brigitte Mira, Rock Hudson, El Hedi ben Salem, Jane Wyman
Votes: 26
88. First Fassbinder (2013)
20 min | Short, Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's career was relatively short. He sometimes directed in one year more movies than other people made in entire lifetimes. Even quantifying the exact number of items ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Cheney | Stars: Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Matthew Cheney, Ulli Lommel
89. The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984)
11 min | Short
A soldier and a beautiful blonde on a train to Harrisburg.
Directors: Bernd Brummbär, Udo Kier, Edward Lachman | Stars: Udo Kier, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sheldon Ancel
Votes: 33
90. Hinter der Leinwand (1961–1970)
Documentary
Stars: Carl-Friedrich Bringer, Volker Schlöndorff, Uschi Glas, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 9
91. Tonys Freunde (1969 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
Director: Paul Vasil | Stars: Christoph Fürst, Suzanne Doucet, Thomas Piper, Ingrid Helbig
Votes: 25
92. Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today (2010 Video)
48 min | Documentary
A retrospective look at the making of "World on a Wire".
Director: Juliane Lorenz | Stars: Michael Ballhaus, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Günter Rohrbach
Votes: 63
93. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Eine Serie wird zum Familientreffpunkt (2017 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short
The making of a groundbreaking German TV series, the first to depict working class characters and their problems, is recalled through archive footage, clips, and interviews with a handful of surviving participants.
Director: Juliane Lorenz | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Wolfgang Schenck, Hans Hirschmüller
Votes: 19
94. Étoiles et toiles (1982–1986)
Documentary
Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Jean-Luc Godard, Clint Eastwood, Raoul Coutard
Votes: 109
95. Al Capone im deutschen Wald (1969 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Will Danin, Toni Dameris, Kurt Ackermann, Anita Bucher
Votes: 21
96. Polnischer Sommer (1981 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
Director: Jürgen Flimm | Stars: Hans Christian Blech, Tankred Dorst, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Vadim Glowna
Votes: 19
97. Zabar Katzelmacher (2013)
90 min | Drama
The migrant worker Jorgos, joins a group of young people who are usually just hanging around. He incites hostility, jealousy and also curiosity among them. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play in a Serbian adaption.
Director: Bojana Lazic | Stars: Aleksandar Radulovic, Saska Stojanovic, Zoran Zivkovic, Mihaela Stamenkovic
98. Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980 TV Movie)
Documentary
Douglas speaks about some of the stars he has directed like Asta Nielsen, Lili Dagover, Zarah Leander, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman and many others.
Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Douglas Sirk, Eckhart Schmidt, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rock Hudson
99. Stars in der Manege (1959– )
Documentary, Comedy, Music
Stars in the manege was a charity event of the Abendzeitung and the Bayerischer Rundfunk. In 2022 Seven.One Entertainment Group and Constantin Entertainment, started a Reboot.
Stars: Uschi Glas, Carl Sembach-Krone, Christel Sembach-Krone, Fritz Wepper
Votes: 52
100. H plus I moins K
Short | Completed
An adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play "Preparadise Sorry Now", featuring brief scenes with three characters around the theme of fascism.
Director: Damien Pottier | Star: Hélène Hazaël