Love Is Colder than Death (film)
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Love is Colder than Death is a 1969
German film
directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
. This is Fassbinder's first feature film, and he stars as a petty hood, Franz Biberkopf. Biberkopf's friend, portrayed by actor Ulli Lommel
, has been ordered to kill Franz by a crime syndicate. The cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann and the cast as an ensemble won an award at the German Film Awards in 1970.
The reception was generally negative, and the film was even booed at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival
in 1969.http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/archives/fassbind.html Today, it is seen as a fine example of Fassbinder's early style, with a heavy nouvelle vague influence.
The film is dedicated to "Claude Chabrol
, Éric Rohmer
, Jean-Marie Straub, Linio and Cuncho." The last two are characters in Damiano Damiani's 1966 film Quien sabe?
Fassbinder's character's name in the film, Franz Biberkopf, is the same as that of the main character in Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz
. Fassbinder included many references to this work through his entire filmography and eventually adapted a 15½ hour miniseries of it. Franz Biberkopf is also the name of the main character (also played by Fassbinder) in Fox and His Friends
.
1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
German film
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
. This is Fassbinder's first feature film, and he stars as a petty hood, Franz Biberkopf. Biberkopf's friend, portrayed by actor Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel , is a German actor and director, noted for his many horror films, and for his career as an actor on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films.-Career:...
, has been ordered to kill Franz by a crime syndicate. The cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann and the cast as an ensemble won an award at the German Film Awards in 1970.
The reception was generally negative, and the film was even booed at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival
19th Berlin International Film Festival
The 19th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 25 to July 6, 1969.-Jury:* Johannes Schaaf * Agnesa Kalinova* José P...
in 1969.http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/archives/fassbind.html Today, it is seen as a fine example of Fassbinder's early style, with a heavy nouvelle vague influence.
The film is dedicated to "Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
, Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....
, Jean-Marie Straub, Linio and Cuncho." The last two are characters in Damiano Damiani's 1966 film Quien sabe?
Cast
- Ulli LommelUlli LommelUlli Lommel , is a German actor and director, noted for his many horror films, and for his career as an actor on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films.-Career:...
- Bruno - Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaHanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema.-Life and career:Schygulla was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia,...
- Johanna - Katrin Schaake - Dame im Zug
- Liz Soellner - Zeitungsverkäuferin
- Gisela Otto - 1. Prostituierte
- Ursula Strätz - Fette Prostituierte
- Monika Nüchtern - Kellnerin beim Türken (as Monika Stadler)
- Hans Hirschmüller - Peter
- Les Olvides - Georges
- Peer RabenPeer RabenPeer Raben was a composer best known for his work with German film-maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.-Life:Raben was born Wilhelm Rabenbauer in Viechtach, Bavaria...
- Jürgen (as Wil Rabenbauer) - Howard Gaines - Raoul
- Peter Moland - Leiter des Syndikatsverhörs
- Kurt RaabKurt RaabKurt Raab was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with cult German film director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.-Biography:Raab was born in Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland, what is...
- Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus - Peter BerlingPeter BerlingPeter Berling is a German actor and writer. He has worked on several occasions with director Werner Herzog, in his collaborations with actor Klaus Kinski....
- Illegaler Waffenhändler - Anastassios Karalas - Türke
Fassbinder's character's name in the film, Franz Biberkopf, is the same as that of the main character in Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a novel by Alfred Döblin, published in 1929. The story concerns a small-time criminal, Franz Biberkopf, fresh from prison, who is drawn into the underworld. When his criminal mentor murders the prostitute whom Biberkopf has been relying on as an anchor, he realizes that...
. Fassbinder included many references to this work through his entire filmography and eventually adapted a 15½ hour miniseries of it. Franz Biberkopf is also the name of the main character (also played by Fassbinder) in Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends, is a 1975 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder himself, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class homosexual who falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist...
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