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. From 1969 onwards, Danish director and film historian Christian Braad Thomsen maintained a close yet respectfully distanced friendship with Fassbinder. The film is based on his personal memories as well as a series of conversations and interviews he held with Fassbinder and his mother, Lilo, in the 1970s.
Christian Braad Thomsen
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
Irm Hermann
Self
Harry Baer
Self
Andrea Schober
Self
Lilo Pempeit
Self (archive footage)
Margit Carstensen
Self (archive footage)
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