Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer · Cast · Director

Born

May 31, 1945 · Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany

Died

June 10, 1982

“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.