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Gods Of The Plague
''Gods of the Plague'' (german: Götter der Pest) is a 1970 West German black-and-white drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Plot After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld and also finds that his attentions become focused upon two women, Joanna and Margarethe, as well as upon Günther, his friend who earlier shot his brother. Production The film was shot in Munich and Dingolfing during five weeks in October and November 1969 with Fassbinder eventually coming to consider it, shortly before he died, as the fifth-best feature film he made during his entire career. Analysis Kaja Silverman, author of the scholarly article "Fassbinder and Lacan: A Reconsideration of Gaze, Look, and Image," wrote that the film "holds subject and ideal image at the most extreme distance from each other and that, hence, attests most eloquently to the latter's recalcitrant exteriority."Silverman, p281 She further wrote that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main theme was the exploitability of feelings. His films were deeply rooted in post-war German culture: the aftermath of Nazism, the German economic miracle, and the terror of the Red Army Faction. Other prominent themes in his films include love, friendship, identity and more generally, the throes of interpersonal relationships. His first feature-length film was a gangster movie called '' Love Is Colder Than Death'' (1969); he scored his first domestic commercial success with ''The Merchant of Four Seasons'' (1972) and his first international success with '' Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'' (1974), both of which are considered masterpieces by contemporary critics. Big-budget projects such as '' Despair'' (1978), '' Lili Marleen'' and ''Lola'' (both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German Cinema. Schygulla won the 1979 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress for Fassbinder's ''The Marriage of Maria Braun'', and the 1983 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Marco Ferreri film '' The Story of Piera''. Early life Schygulla was born in Königshütte (now Chorzów, Poland) to German parents Antonie (' Mzyk) and Joseph Schygulla. Both the names Schygulla (also spelled Szyguła) and Mzyk are of Polish/ Silesian origin. Her father, a timber merchant by profession, was drafted as an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as a prisoner of war until 1948. In 1945, Schygulla and her mother arrived as refugees in Munich, following the expulsion of the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of A Holy Whore
''Beware of a Holy Whore'' (german: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla and Fassbinder himself. Fassbinder considered this to be his favorite of his own films. While in a hotel with too much drink, drugs and time the cast and crew of a film are gradually unravelling as they await the arrival of their director. Semi-autobiographical, the film was influenced by the shooting of the director's earlier '' Whity'' in Spain. The film features music from Leonard Cohen's first album ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' and from '' Spooky Two'' by Spooky Tooth, among others. Plot ''Beware of a Holy Whore'' opens with a soliloquy (delivered by Werner Schroeter) about the synopsis of a Disney story featuring Goofy, the dog. Goofy cross-dresses in his aunt's clothes to teach a kindergarten class and, after being ridiculed by the class, takes a "poor orphan gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Soldier
''The American Soldier'' (german: Der amerikanische Soldat) is a 1970 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Karl Scheydt as Ricky, a German-American Vietnam veteran, who takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of three renegade policemen to do away with a number of undesirables in Munich. Cast * Karl Scheydt as Ricky * Elga Sorbas as Rosa * Jan George as Jan * Hark Bohm as Doc * Marius Aicher as Cop * Margarethe von Trotta as Chambermaid * Ulli Lommel as Gypsy * Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller * Ingrid Caven as Bar Singer * Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ricky's mother * Kurt Raab as Ricky's brother * Irm Hermann as Whore * Gustl Datz as Chief of police * Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ... as Franz W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzelmacher
''Katzelmacher'' is a 1969 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. The film centers on an aimless group of friends whose lives are shaken up by the arrival of an immigrant Greek worker, Jorgos (played by Fassbinder himself, in an uncredited role). Cast * Hanna Schygulla: Marie * Lilith Ungerer: Helga * Rudolf Waldemar Brem: Paul * Elga Sorbas: Rosy * Doris Mattes: Gunda * Irm Hermann: Elisabeth * Peter Moland: Peter * Hans Hirschmüller: Erich * Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Jorgos * Harry Baer: Franz * Hannes Gromball: Klaus * Katrin Schaake Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to: Sports *Katrin Apel (born 1973), German biathlete * Katrin Beinroth (born 1981), German judoka * Katrin Borchert (born 1969), German ...: Woman External links * 1969 films 1960s avant-garde and experimental films 1969 drama films German avant-garde and experimental films Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Colder Than Death (film)
''Love is Colder Than Death'' (german: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) is a 1969 West German black-and-white film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his first feature film. In the original theater presentation in Berlin the title was first ''Kälter als der Tod''; at the beginning of film production, it was ''Liebe – kälter als der Tod'' as on some film posters. The cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann and the cast as an ensemble won an award at the German Film Awards in 1970. Plot Petty hood Franz (Fassbinder) refuses to join the syndicate, where he meets a handsome young thug called Bruno (Lommel) and gives him his address in Munich. It is the flat of the prostitute Joanna (Schygulla), where Franz lives as her pimp. Bruno has been ordered by the syndicate to follow Franz and on going to the address is told he has moved. So he goes round the streets of the city asking prostitutes if they know a prostitute called Joanna. Eventually he finds where the pair are hiding, because Franz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse (DVD Brand)
Eclipse is a brand for a line of DVD film series released by The Criterion Collection. It debuted on March 27, 2007. The brand was created to produce budget-priced, high-quality DVD editions of hard-to-find films. The DVDs are released in boxed sets that have contained between two and seven films, and focus on a specific director, film studio, genre, or theme. Typically, they are released monthly. In order to keep prices low, the films do not receive the same degree of remastering or any of the special features generally associated with Criterion Collection titles. When Criterion announced that all of their future releases would be in dual format (DVD + Blu-ray) they specifically said that Eclipse was meant to be available in a cheaper form and thus would continue to be on DVD only. History Eclipse was conceived of as a possible subsidiary label for cult films. Mission statement Peter Becker, in his blog ''On Five'' from The Criterion Collection Web site, explained, "We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video, home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films." Criterion serves film and media scholars, Cinephilia, cinephiles and public and academic libraries. Criterion has helped to standardize certain aspects of home-video releases such as film restoration, the Letterboxing (filming), letterboxing format for widescreen films and the inclusion of bonus features such as scholarly essays and Audio commentary, commentary tracks. Criterion has produced and distributed more than 1,000 special editions of its films in VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray formats and box sets. These films and their special features are also available via an online streaming service provider, streaming service that the company operates. History The company was founded in 1984 by Robert Stein (computer pioneer), Robert Stein, Aleen St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irm Hermann
Irmgard Hermann (4 October 194226 May 2020) was a German actress. She worked in film, television, and the stage, appearing in over 160 film and television productions. She was discovered, without formal training, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder who cast her in many of his films. She was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis for playing Irmgard Epp in Fassbinder's '' The Merchant of Four Seasons'', and again for appearing as Else Gebel, a woman in prison with Sophie Scholl, in Percy Adlon's ''Fünf letzte Tage''. Life Born in Munich, Hermann became a publishing clerk after finishing school and worked as a secretary for ADAC. She met Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1966, who convinced her to quit her job to work with him although she lacked formal training as an actress. The same year, Hermann made her debut in Fassbinder's short film ''The City Tramp'' ('), and then went on to play in 19 of Fassbinder's films, including ''Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant'' (''The Bitter Tears of Petra v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects. Biography Raab was born in Bergreichenstein, which is now Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic. He completed the abitur at Musische Gymnasium Straubing, and studied in Munich. He made his cinema debut in Fassbinder's ''Liebe ist kälter als der Tod'' ('' Love Is Colder than Death'') in 1969. Over the next few years, he made numerous films with Fassbinder, including ''Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?'' ('' Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'') and ''Der Amerikanische Soldat'' (''The American Soldier'') in 1970, ''Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte'' (''Beware of a Holy Whore'') in 1971, and ''Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten'' (''The Merchant of Four Seasons'') in 1972. He also worked as a production designer, assistant director, producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaak Karsunke
Yaak Karsunke (born 4 June 1934, Berlin) is a German author and actor. The son of an engineer and the procurer of a publishing house, he grew up in the borough of Pankow. In 1949 his family moved to Friedenau where he passed the Abitur in 1953 and studied jurisprudence for three semesters. From 1955 to 1957 he studied drama at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule, today known as the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1964, Karsunke moved to Munich, where he became involved with the , becoming a spokesman for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1968. Along with other leftist authors, he founded the literary review , for which he served as editor in chief from 1965 until August 1968, when he resigned as a protest against the Soviet repression of the Prague Spring. In the early 1970s, Karsunke befriended Rainer Werner Fassbinder, appearing in his films '' Love Is Colder Than Death'' (1969), '' Gods of the Plague'' (1970), and '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980). From 1976 to 1979 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Caven
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