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7.7

♡ 21

43%

based on novel or book

Wolfgang Schenck as Franz Hahn unknown episodes

Günter Lamprecht as Fritz Walfang unknown episodes

Kurt Raab as Mark Holm unknown episodes

Christine Kaufmann as Party guest unknown episodes

Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A good friend, Guenther Lause, disappears in the middle of a conversation and a week later nobody has ever heard of him. And those fits of dizzyness - Stiller cannot believe himself to be fool. There has to be an explanation for all this. Could Simulacron have something to do with it?—Oliver Heidelbach

Fox and His Friends

1975

7.6

♡ 14

86%

Peter Chatel as Eugen Thiess

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Biberkopf

Irm Hermann as Madame Cherie / Bar Singer

Kurt Raab as Wodka-Peter

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.

Feel the Motion

4.1

Wolfgang Büld Director

Henry van Lyck as

Meat Loaf as Meat Loaf

Kurt Raab as Mephisto

Pia Zadora as Pia Zadora

Young Tina has a big dream, she wants to become a successful pop singer. That's why she tries her luck in the music show 'Formel Eins'. There she meets all kinds of stars like Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen and Pia Zadora and of course the presenter Ingolf Lück. The result is a colorful mix-up and the question arises as to whether Tina can make her dream come true.

Martha

1974

7.5

♡ 10

86%

88%

husband wife relationship

marriage

neglect of one's spouse

Günter Lamprecht as Dr. Herbert Salomon

Peter Chatel as Kaiser

Wolfgang Schenck as Meister

Kurt Raab as Secretary - German embassy

After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

1974

6.9

♡ 2

Crime

receiving of stolen goods

Reinhard Hauff Director

Kurt Raab as Aufseher Wupke

Günter Meisner as Borsig

Jürgen Prochnow as Franz Blum

Burkhard Driest as Walter 'Tiger' Kuul

Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A "heroic deed" which earned him six years in prison. Once behind bars, he was treated with ruthless inhumanity by the guards. And little by little - but inexorably - Franz turned into an insurgent...

Engel aus Eisen

6.6

War

Thomas Brasch Director

Anna Thalbach as Agnes Gabler, Tochter

Kurt Raab as Chauffeur

Hilmar Thate as Gustav Völpel

Hanns Zischler as Ridzinski

The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

Rio das Mortes

1971

6.2

♡ 1

35%

Comedy

Günther Kaufmann as Günther

Hanna Schygulla as Hanna

Michael König as Michel

Kurt Raab as Tankwart

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.

Satan's Brew

1976

6.7

♡ 3

75%

Volker Spengler as Ernst Kranz

Peter Chatel as Eugen

Monica Teuber as Frau im Fahrstuhl

Kurt Raab as Walter Kranz

A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim-witted brother, and a murder investigation.

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

1975

parent child relationship

7.5

♡ 3

100%

suicide

widow

Kurt Raab as Barbesitzer Gustav

Irm Hermann as Helene

Volker Spengler as Photograph

Peter Chatel as Photograph

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

Tricheurs

6.2

Barbet Schroeder Director

Jacques Dutronc as Elric

Robby Müller as Ingénieur

Kurt Raab as Jorg

Roger Sarbib as Patron Suzie

Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the young woman also sinks into gambling hell. The couple then start getting involved in the fearsome world of professional cheaters.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

husband wife relationship

8.0

♡ 17

100%

parent child relationship

Romance

unsociability

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.

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971

6.6

♡ 2

84%

62%

Comedy

Peter Berling as

Kurt Raab as Fred, Ausstatter

Hanna Schygulla as Hanna, Schauspielerin

Marcella Michelangeli as Margret

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

Gods of the Plague

1970

6.4

♡ 2

83%

Irm Hermann as Barfrau

Kurt Raab as Gast in der Kneipe

Günther Kaufmann as Günther, 'Gorilla'

Hanna Schygulla as Johanna Reiher

A man is released from prison and finds 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.

The American Soldier

1970

6.5

♡ 5

79%

55%

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.

Frankfurt: The Face of a City

1981

5.9

♡ 3

frankfurt am main, germany

frankfurt

frankfurt am main

Thriller

Roger Fritz Director

René Schell as

Michael Lewy as Aldo

Joachim Hackethal as Buchprüfer von Klewer

Kurt Raab as Onkel Ossi

Bored with her stuffy village life, teenager Susanne decides to run away to the bright lights Frankfurt, while her boyfriend does his military. Caught in the swamp of drugs, prostitution, violence and human trafficking, Susanne experiences the dark side of the big city.

Love Is Colder Than Death

1969

6.4

♡ 3

70%

Kurt Raab as Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Walsch

Hanna Schygulla as Johanna

Irm Hermann as Sonnenbrillenverkäuferin

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

Fear of Fear

1975

7.4

♡ 6

85%