Rainer Werner Fassbinder Movie Trailers
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Lili Marleen Trailer (1981)
14 January 1981
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis.
Peter von Kant Trailer (2022)
06 July 2022
Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate.
Shadow of Angels Trailer (1976)
03 September 1976
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend, Raoul, who gambles away what little she earns.
The Marriage of Maria Braun Trailer (1979)
23 March 1979
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Trailer (1974)
05 March 1974
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Trailer (1972)
05 October 1972
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer).
Water Drops on Burning Rocks Trailer (2000)
15 March 2000
In 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz, who swiftly moves into his apartment.
Back to Room 666 Trailer (2008)
02 February 2008
What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question.
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense Trailer (2010)
02 September 2010
When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film.
Chinese Roulette Trailer (1977)
23 February 1977
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts.
A German Youth Trailer (2015)
15 May 2015
At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies.
Beware of a Holy Whore Trailer (1971)
01 September 1971
Film director Jeff and his lead actor are taking their time getting to set. In their absence, the crew lack a purposeful way to spend their time waiting, so they drink heavily.
Katzelmacher Trailer (1969)
22 November 1969
A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building.
Fox and His Friends Trailer (1975)
06 June 1975
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted.
In a Year with 13 Moons Trailer (1978)
17 November 1978
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
Querelle Trailer (1982)
08 September 1982
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane.
Love Is Colder Than Death Trailer (1970)
16 January 1970
Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he has refused to join.
Room 666 Trailer (1985)
24 February 1985
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera, and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?
Fear of Fear Trailer (1976)
15 October 1976
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from postpartum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
Satan’s Brew Trailer (1976)
07 October 1976
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dimwitted brother, and a murder investigation.
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt Trailer (1968)
05 January 1968
A young man named Jürgen joins the military. As much as he tries to make a heroic career as a soldier in a rearmed West Germany, he fails utterly and ends up in a bizarre sanatorium.
The Merchant of Four Seasons Trailer (1972)
10 March 1972
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence.
The Third Generation Trailer (1979)
30 May 1979
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
The Coffee House Trailer (1970)
18 May 1970
People meet and chat at Ridolfo's Coffeehouse; the conversations are mostly about money, but also about feelings, ideals, friendship, love, fidelity and respectability.
Fassbinder's Women Trailer (2000)
10 November 2000
An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Lola Trailer (1981)
20 August 1981
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love.
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven Trailer (1975)
07 July 1975
Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen.
I Only Want You to Love Me Trailer (1976)
23 March 1976
Peter grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife, Erika.
Effi Briest Trailer (1974)
20 June 1974
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted.
Kamikaze '89 Trailer (1982)
16 July 1982
In a futuristic, totalitarian society wherein the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings and uncovers more than he bargained for.
Haytabo Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
A biochemistry professor finds an old manuscript with the structure and formula of an immortality drug.
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? Trailer (1970)
28 June 1970
Technical draftsman Herr R. is a dependable guy. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness to problem solving.
Veronika Voss Trailer (1982)
13 May 1982
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine.
Baal Trailer (1970)
07 January 1970
An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Martha Trailer (1974)
28 May 1974
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Despair Trailer (1978)
20 September 1978
Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands Trailer (2015)
07 February 2015
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was probably Germany’s most significant post-war director. His swift and dramatic demise at the early age of 37 in 1982 left behind a vacuum in European filmmaking that has yet to be filled, as well as a body of unique, multi-layered, and multifarious work of astonishing consistency and rigour.
Wim Wenders, Desperado Trailer (2020)
16 July 2020
"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema.
Jail Bait Trailer (1973)
09 January 1973
In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the constraints of their social surroundings.
Photographer "Eise" Trailer (2019)
21 December 2019
A portion of the Emmy award-winning documentary on the great Life Magazine photojournalist, Alfred Eisenstaedt (Eise).
The Stationmaster’s Wife Trailer (1977)
31 July 1977
The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town’s siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
1 Berlin-Harlem Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his white girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man.
Gods of the Plague Trailer (1970)
24 July 1970
After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works Trailer (1982)
25 July 1982
Wolf Gremm's portrait shows Rainer Werner Fassbinder both as an actor— taking the leading role in the film "Kamikaze 1989", also directed by Wolf Gremm— and as a director working on "Querelle", his adaptation of the work by Jean Genet.
Pioneers in Ingolstadt Trailer (1971)
19 May 1971
Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
Women in New York Trailer (1977)
21 June 1977
In 1930s New York, a group of bored wealthy women convene in social situations and converse about their husbands and/or lovers.
Rio das Mortes Trailer (1971)
15 February 1971
Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes.
Germany in Autumn Trailer (1978)
03 March 1978
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction).
Tenderness of the Wolves Trailer (1973)
12 July 1973
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars.
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach Trailer (1971)
14 April 1971
In an attempt to escape 19th-century poverty, eight farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the Hessian Hinterland.
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 Trailer (1971)
27 January 1971
About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk Trailer (1987)
18 January 1987
Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.
Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
Documenatry about the films of Douglas Sirk.
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers Trailer (2008)
14 February 2008
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors).
The American Soldier Trailer (1976)
14 October 1976
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.
Supergirl Trailer (1971)
14 May 1971
A beautiful woman, Supergirl Francesca Farnese, appears out of nowhere on a Bavarian highway. She wears only an orange jumpsuit and wants to go to Washington.
La Paloma Trailer (1974)
28 August 1974
Nightclub singer La Paloma succumbs to the persistent courting of a chubby, rich admirer and marries him.