Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

German

8.0

♡ 17

100%

husband wife relationship

parent child relationship

Romance

unsociability

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

El Hedi ben Salem as Ali

Kurt Raab as Car Mechanic

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Eugen, Krista's husband

Irm Hermann as Krista

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

The American Soldier

1970

German

6.5

♡ 5

79%

55%

Action

Drama

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Walsch

Irm Hermann as Hure

Karl Scheydt as Ricky

Kurt Raab as Rickys Bruder

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

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

German

7.3

♡ 10

76%

frankfurt am main, germany

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Himself

Günther Kaufmann as J. Smolik, Chauffeur

Walter Bockmayer as Seelenfrieda

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.

Katzelmacher

1969

German

6.8

♡ 2

100%

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Irm Hermann as Elisabeth

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Jorgos

Hanna Schygulla as Marie

Peter Moland as Peter

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.