Fear Eats the Soul Fassbinder’s international breakthrough, this unconventional love story combines lucid social analysis with devastating emotional power. Melodrama 1974 93 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Chinese Roulette Psychodrama with a vengeance: Anna Karina stars in Fassbinder’s first international co-production; another deadly assault on the institution of marriage. Drama 1976 86 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder The Marriage of Maria Braun With a blazing star performance from Hanna Schygulla in the title role, this was the greatest critical and commercial success of Fassbinder’s career. Drama 1978 120 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Fassbinder's visual and verbal extravaganza about a successful but lonely fashion designer who falls in love with a beautiful younger woman. Drama 1972 124 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Effi Briest Fassbinder's exquisitely subtle rendition of Fontane’s great novel, starring the great Hanna Schygulla as the titular 17-year-old who is forced into a socially advantageous marriage with a much older man. Drama 1974 140 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fox and His Friends Fassbinder's brilliantly caustic and cynical drama follows an ex-fairground worker who wins the lottery but is still mocked and exploited by his boyfriend’s family and friends. Drama 1975 124 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Katzelmacher A Greek immigrant unleashes jealousy and xenophobia among a group of Munich neighbours in Fassbinder’s shocking adaptation of his own play. Drama 1969 89 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Love Is Colder than Death Fassbinder stars in his debut feature as a petty criminal whose desire for freedom is undermined by his emotional needs. Gangster 1969 89 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Beware of a Holy Whore In an elegant Spanish hotel lobby, a film cast and crew outdo one another in displays of professional and sexual rivalry while waiting endlessly for shooting to begin. Drama 1971 104 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder The Merchant of Four Seasons Fassbinder’s first foray into melodrama follows an ex-policeman forced to become a fruit-seller, while his wife craves bourgeois respectability and his family despises his lowly status. Drama 1972 88 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder
