Fassbinder75


On the occasion of Fassbinder's 75th birthday, we present three of his greatest works:

DIE BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT (1972)
ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF (1974)
FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT (1975)

All three films are shown in their Original German version with English subtitles.
 

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Fassbinder75
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo
Plot Outline

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

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Fassbinder75
Original version with English subtitles
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach, Harry Baer, Rudolf Lenz, Kurt Raab, Karl Scheydt
Plot Outline

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. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.

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Fassbinder75
Original German version
Director
Oskar Roehler
Cast
Oliver Masucci, Götz Otto, Katja Riemann, Alexander Scheer, Sunnyi Melles, Erdal Yildiz, Antoine Monot Jr., Simon Böer, Isolde Barth
Plot Outline

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.