Gisela Otto

Películas

End of the Commune?
Herself
"End of the Commune"/"Ende einer kommune" is a great 49 min. long movie made in 1969 about Fassbinder and the early years of the legendary Antiteater he was a member/leader of. You can here see and hear some of the actors he was going to use in his movies for the next years. The movie shows rehearsals for his play "The Coffehouse" which also became a television-movie, and you can watch unique footage from the 19th Film-Festival in Berlin (1969) where "Love is Colder Than Death" were shown. As told in this documentary, his first feature-movie were given a cold shoulder by many of the journalists and visitors at the festival. You can in "End of the Commune" watch Fassbinder and actor Ulli Lommel walk out on stage after the opening of "Love is Colder than Death", while a man in the audience is shouting "Out with the director!". In this interesting documentary Fassbinder also talks a lot about his father which was a respectable doctor.
El amor es más frío que la muerte
Prostituierte
A Franz (Fassbinder), un chulo de poca monta cuya novia es una prostituta (Hanna Schygulla), se le plantea un problema. Acostumbrado a "trabajar" por cuenta y riesgo propios, un sindicato de gánsteres le pide que actúe para ellos, pero él se niega a ingresar en la organización criminal. Ésta lo hace vigilar por un confidente para doblegar su voluntad. Mientras la organización lo tiene secuestrado, entre él y el espía Bruno (Ulli Lommel) surge espontáneamente una relación de amistad. Franz se siente fascinado por la belleza angelical de Bruno...