On October 27 and 28 with lectures and discussions in Berlin The series of events taking place in 2012 under the umbrella title of HANDS ON FASSBINDER is a collective project mounted by the German film journal REVOLVER, the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB), the Berlin cinema Zeughauskino, the RWFF and the German Federal Agency for (…)

From October 25, 2012 in the Freies Werkstatt Theater The stage version of Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit) based on the original film script by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (with collaboration by Christian Hohoff) was first performed in Heidelberg in 2009. It deals with the impossibility of buying one’s way into a certain group (…)

Currently performing at the Komische Oper and the Volksbühne in Berlin On October 4, the actress born Irmgard Hermann in Munich in 1942 joins the “70s club.” This year also sees her continuing to expand her already wide spectrum of roles in theater, radio, television and film. She can currently be seen in two Berlin (…)

RWF’s colleague and actor of many years Harry Baer was born Harry Zöttl on September 27, 1947 in the town of Biberach. His alias was conferred on him by Fassbinder himself with the telling statement: “A Zöttl will never be a star!” Although Baer worked with other directors and producers after the Anti-Theater group ceased (…)

From September 23, 2012 in the Kammerspiele theater The staging of The Marriage of Maria Braun in Bochum represents yet another highpoint in this year of events commemorating the life and work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The script for the stage play was written by Peter Märthesheimer und Pea Fröhlich based on a draft by (…)