Fassbinder in Hollywood
6.9
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk).
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Cast
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Fox and His Friends
Katzelmacher
Wim Wenders
Self
Known for
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Robert Fischer
Roque Baños
Hanna Schygulla
Self
Known for
Poor Things
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Katja Hahn
Michael Ballhaus
Self
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Bruce Schermer
Frédérique Michel
Frédérique Michel
Thomas Sessner
Ulli Lommel
Self
Known for
World on a Wire
Love Is Colder Than Death
Shayne White
Robert Fischer Director · Ulli Lommel Writer Roque Baños Composer
First release July 2, 2002 · Produced in Germany, United States · Languages English, German
Production
Crossed Arrows
Production
Fiction FACTory Filmproduktion
Production
LaVida Publishing Inc.
Production
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Production
Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · July 2, 2002
Limited theatrical · Filmfest München
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
July 10, 2003 · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Serbia
March 4, 2003 · Belgrade Film Festival
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