Influenced by Straub and Godard, Fassbinder's debut combines cool artifice with deadpan wit and countless cinematic references. Fassbinder described his would-be gangsters as ‘people who have seen a lot of gangster films’.
LIEBE IST KÄLTER ALS DER TOD (1969)
Fassbinder stars in his debut feature as a petty criminal whose desire for freedom is undermined by his emotional needs.
- 1969 Federal Republic of Germany
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Produced by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Featuring
- Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Running time
- 88 minutes
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