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).
Robert Fischer
Director, Writer
Ulli Lommel
Writer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)

Wim Wenders
Self

Hanna Schygulla
Self

Michael Ballhaus
Self

Ulli Lommel
Self
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