Peer Raben

Hong Kong, anos 1960. O tímido assistente de alfaiate Zhang fica fascinado por sua cliente imperiosa, a Srta. Hua. Ao conhecê-la, ela faz algo inusitado para garantir que seja lembrada sempre que ele fizer suas roupas. Após esse primeiro encontro íntimo, nasce um elo entre os dois.

A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.

Três curtas-metragens, dos diretores Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh e Wong Kar Wai, abordam os temas do amor e do sexo.

An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The formerly great Swiss hotel which Valentin's family owned when he was a boy has been emptied and is about to be torn down. He revisits the magical site's empty halls and ballrooms.

The 30-years old Max is MD and engaged to the attractive Coco, who jealously keep watch over him. After he heard the lovely voice of an unknown misdialing woman, he starts a restless search ...

A factory worker in the south of Italy, frustrated by work and marriage, withdraws into nature, but in the search for love and human warmth he ends up "on the dog" in the sense of the word.

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.

An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.

Our organization will create a human being whom we can shape and manipulate according to our needs. Dorian Gray: young, rich and handsome. We will make him, seduce him and break him. Ulrike Ottinger, 1984

Oscilando entre o prazer e o desespero, Elric mergulha numa paixão patológica pelo cassino. Ele poderia ter começado uma nova vida ao conhecer Suzy, mas a jovem também é arrastada para o vício nos jogos. Assim, o casal começa a se envolver no temível mundo dos trapaceiros profissionais.

The life of 3 sisters in Munich before the First World War. Based on the book by Annette Kolb.

Francois Korb is an arms manufacturer who sold both to the Germans and the Allied forces. Korb's home life is less than ideal, since his wife is having an affair with his brother, and his young son is inseparable from a teddy bear. To remedy the son's situation, the parents take in a little refugee girl as a temporary companion and playmate, and the two children become fast friends.

Eva, an upper-class housewife, frustratedly leaves her arrogant husband and decides to enter the call girl business. She lets Yvonne, a prostitute, teach her the basics and both set out for prey together, until Eva starts an affair with Chris, who turns out to be a call boy, as well. Consequently, she moves into his penthouse, large enough for both to offer their services separately.

O marujo francês Querelle chega a Brest e frequenta um estranho bordel. Logo descobre que seu irmão Robert é amante da dona do lugar, Lysiane. "Aqui você pode jogar dados com Nono, o marido de Lysiane: se você ganhar, pode fazer amor com ela; se perder terá que fazer amor com Nono..." Querelle perde de propósito.

Munique, 1955. A estrela de cinema Veronika Voss torna-se uma toxicodependente à mercê da corrupta Dra. Marianne Katz. Depois de conhecer Robert Krohn, ela sonha com um regresso ao estrelato. Quanto mais o relacionamento se intensifica, mais ela toma consciência do quanto o vício a debilitou.

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

A woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.

Baviera, 1957. Em uma pequena cidade, Schuckert é um magnata corrupto da construção. Quando o novo oficial honesto Herr von Bohm é nomeado, ele tenta se aproximar de Schuckert e ousa entrar no bordel da Villa Fink – o verdadeiro centro da economia da cidade. Até que se apaixona pela prostituta Lola.

A documentary about the Director Fassbinder but edited as if it was a film of the Master himself, with some sequences of his own movies.

Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation reflected in the unusual destiny of an individual woman. And that of Hannah, an alert, independent, modern woman, seeking after freedom and her own identity, and trying in present-day Berlin to save her shaky marriage.

Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation reflected in the unusual destiny of an individual woman. And that of Hannah, an alert, independent, modern woman, seeking after freedom and her own identity, and trying in present-day Berlin to save her shaky marriage.

Ao gravar a canção "Lili Marlene", Wilkie (Hanna Schygulla) se torna a cantora mais popular da Alemanha de Hitler. Mas mesmo no auge da fama, não encontra a felicidade por viver um amor proibido com Robert (Giancarlo Giannini), um músico judeu que participa da resistência contra os nazistas. Baseado na autobiografia da cantora Lale Andersen.

A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard.

Inverno de 1978, Berlim Ocidental. Um grupo de radicais alemães desajeitados (unidos mais pelo comportamento sigiloso do que pelas convicções políticas) sai do radar quando Paul é morto pela polícia. Os jovens terroristas sequestram Peter Lurz, representante de uma empresa informática americana.

Inverno de 1978, Berlim Ocidental. Um grupo de radicais alemães desajeitados (unidos mais pelo comportamento sigiloso do que pelas convicções políticas) sai do radar quando Paul é morto pela polícia. Os jovens terroristas sequestram Peter Lurz, representante de uma empresa informática americana.

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maria e Hermann Braun se casam apressadamente, mas ficam juntos menos de 24 horas porque Hermann precisa voltar à frente de batalha. Ao final da guerra, ele é dado como desaparecido. Maria se emprega em um bar, conhece um soldado americano e fica grávida. Certa noite, Hermann volta para a casa e a surpreende com o soldado. Enfurecido, ele os agride e acaba sendo preso. Pouco depois, Maria vai trabalhar para um homem de negócios, sendo sua secretária e confidente. Ao sair da prisão, Hermann decide tentar a sorte em outro país. Alguns anos mais tarde, ele e Maria se reencontram e procuram esclarecer seu trágico passado.

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

Berlim, década de 1930, durante a ascensão do nazismo. Hermann Hermann, um emigrante russo e fabricante de chocolate, casado com a caprichosa Lydia, perde cada vez mais a calma nas suas relações com os seus trabalhadores e outros empresários; até conhecer Felix, um vagabundo, que parece ser fisicamente idêntico a ele; um facto desconcertante que leva Hermann Hermann a traçar um caminho particular para sair de um mundo falso que ele realmente odeia.

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Two men lose their jobs and have to start from scratch. They go their separate ways about it, but their paths sometimes cross.

The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town’s siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.

A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.

This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his confusing life. Unable to write enough to keep his publisher's royalty advances coming, he seeks out a woman he imagines is a prostitute and interviews her for material. He is also inspired to utter some poetry, which his brassy, outspoken wife identifies as coming from the famous homosexuality-advocating mystical German poet, Stefan George. This inspires Walter to take a closer look at the gay scene, and he quickly becomes a sort of celebrity there.

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.

The story of the young man Peter, who grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife Erika. But when he is unable to keep up this life-style, his story takes a horrendous turn ...

The story of the young man Peter, who grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife Erika. But when he is unable to keep up this life-style, his story takes a horrendous turn ...

The western film that was filmed in Bavaria is located in the Montana Mountains. At the end of the 19th century, an Indian Boy called Tschetan meets the shepherd Alaska in the Montana Mountains. Alaska prevents him from being hanged as a cattle thief but from then on engages him as a deputy shepherd and forces him to do hard work. But when they have to fight against a powerful stock farmer together, they eventually become friends.

After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

Franz Biberkopf é um gay pobre, que viaja com um circo. Consegue ganhar na loteria um milhão de marcos e atrai a atenção de um rapaz que está apenas interessado em seu dinheiro. Será que eles continuarão juntos após acabar a grana?

A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.

A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.

Based on Franz Xaver Kroetz's play, which is in turn based on a true story, this film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder tells the story of a very young girl who, after persuading a local boy to become her lover, induces the anger of her father, whose incestuous sexual attentions to her have grown unbearable.

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.

Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.

"Whity" é o mordomo mulato da família Nicholson disfuncional no sudoeste americano em 1878. O pai, Ben Nicholson, tem uma atraente jovem esposa Katherine e dois filhos de um casamento anterior; o homossexual Frank e o retardado Davy. Whity tenta cumprir todas as suas ordens, ainda que humilhantes, até que vários membros da família lhe pedem para matar alguns dos outros.

"Whity" é o mordomo mulato da família Nicholson disfuncional no sudoeste americano em 1878. O pai, Ben Nicholson, tem uma atraente jovem esposa Katherine e dois filhos de um casamento anterior; o homossexual Frank e o retardado Davy. Whity tenta cumprir todas as suas ordens, ainda que humilhantes, até que vários membros da família lhe pedem para matar alguns dos outros.

Inspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria, in the late XIX Century. Mathias stole from the riches to give to the poor, becoming a hero for the rural people, and a popular social rebel. He was chased by the police until his unfortunate sentence.

German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, based on the play by Marieluise Fleisser. The film opens as a parade of soldiers are marching through a town square singing patriotic songs. Alma (Irm Hermann) and Berta (Hanna Schygulla) are watching them and musing about their ideas on men and relationships. The soldiers (often referred to as pioneers) have been given the task of building a bridge in the town. Alma seems to understand that the soldiers only want her for short sexual encounters, so she's prepared to live her life accordingly. Meanwhile, romantic Berta falls in love with self-centered soldier Karl (Harry Baer), who all but tells her to get lost. The soldiers get drunk and beat up a random passerby. The women grow to hate Alma for her acceptance of life as a sex object. Naïve Berta is ultimately humiliated.

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

Pode um pequeno grupo de pessoas iniciar uma revolução proletária, pergunta o "Monge Negro" numa jaqueta de couro. O pastor medieval, Hans Boehm, afirma ter sido chamado pela Virgem Maria para criar uma revolta contra a Igreja e os latifundiários. O "Monge Negro" sugere que ele teria mais sucesso se vestisse Johanna e mandasse aparecer como a Virgem Maria.

Pode um pequeno grupo de pessoas iniciar uma revolução proletária, pergunta o "Monge Negro" numa jaqueta de couro. O pastor medieval, Hans Boehm, afirma ter sido chamado pela Virgem Maria para criar uma revolta contra a Igreja e os latifundiários. O "Monge Negro" sugere que ele teria mais sucesso se vestisse Johanna e mandasse aparecer como a Virgem Maria.

Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.

Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.

Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.

Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

Sr. Raab, designer industrial e pai de família, leva uma vida pacífica e confortável. Pode levar algum tempo até que ele seja promovido, principalmente depois de fazer um brinde embriagado em um jantar entre colegas. Mas por que deu a louca no Sr. R.?

Sr. Raab, designer industrial e pai de família, leva uma vida pacífica e confortável. Pode levar algum tempo até que ele seja promovido, principalmente depois de fazer um brinde embriagado em um jantar entre colegas. Mas por que deu a louca no Sr. R.?

Sr. Raab, designer industrial e pai de família, leva uma vida pacífica e confortável. Pode levar algum tempo até que ele seja promovido, principalmente depois de fazer um brinde embriagado em um jantar entre colegas. Mas por que deu a louca no Sr. R.?

"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.

Avant-garde adaptation of a Carlo Goldoni play. Well-to-do Venetians congregate in a coffee house and discuss their problems.

Avant-garde adaptation of a Carlo Goldoni play. Well-to-do Venetians congregate in a coffee house and discuss their problems.

Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he's refused to join.

Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he's refused to join.

Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he's refused to join.

Volker Schlöndorff transposes Bertolt Brecht’s late-expressionist work to latter-day 1969. Poet and anarchist Baal lives in an attic and reads his poems to cab drivers. At first feted and later rejected by bourgeois society, Baal roams through forests and along motorways, greedy for schnapps, cigarettes, women and men: ‘You have to let out the beast, let him out into the sunlight.’ After impregnating a young actress he soon comes to regard her as a millstone round his neck. He stabs a friend to death and dies alone. ‘You are useless, mangy and wild, you beast, you crawl through the lowest boughs of the tree.’

A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.

A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.

Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their trade on the night-time streets of Germany; the second is a staged play, cut down to 10 minutes by Straub and photographed in a single take; the final sequence covers the marriage of James and Lilith, and Lilith’s subsequent execution of her pimp, played by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "The film is a look entirely at Western decadence" - Jean-Marie Straub.

Rico dono de jornal Dr. Schön casa com a bela e amoral dançarina Lulu. Em uma crise de ciúme, se atraca com Lulu e, durante a briga, uma arma dispara, matando-o. Condenada pelo crime, Lulu foge com o filho do marido morto, Alwa, também apaixonado por ela.