11/29/10
Michael Ballhaus receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Ceremony at the PLUS CAMERIMAGE Festival in Poland 

Congratulations to Michael Ballhaus on his Golden Frog – Lifetime Achievement Award! He will receive the prize at this year’s PLUS CAMERIMAGE (27.11. – 04.12.2010) in Bydgoszcz, Poland, the most important film (...)

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11/15/10
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN at the Next Wave Festival

Stage Production by Thomas Ostermeier at BAM in New York 

Thomas Ostermeier’s stage adaptation of RWF’s THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1978) will be performed in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) Next Wave Festival November 17-21, 2010. (...)

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10/26/10
Forty Years Ago: RWF’s THE NIKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY

History Film and Political Critique of the Present 

Premiering on the ARD German National TV Station on October 26, 1970, THE NIKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY is a history film and thus, alongside EFFI BRIEST, occupies a special place within RWF’s oeuvre. Based on the story of the shepherd Hans (...)

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10/09/10
Forty Years Ago: RWF’s THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

The film received its world premiere on October 9, 1970 at the 18th Mannheimer Filmtage and is considered a classic among Fassbinder’s gangster movies. It is the story of Richard (Karl Scheydt) from Munich who went to America where he became Ricky and then, as a soldier in Vietnam, a murderer. He (...)

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09/30/10
WORLD ON A WIRE to Start in France

Prelude at the Festival of German Film in Paris

On October 1, 2010, German Films will screen – in collaboration with Carlotta Films and the Fassbinder Foundation – Fassbinder’s 205 minute masterwork WORLD ON A WIRE (Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus) at the (...)

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09/18/10
Karin Baal will turn 70

From teenage star to great character actress
Raised in Berlin’s Wedding district as the daughter of a seamstress, Karin Baal apprenticed as a stylist after school. She replied to an ad for a young woman who corresponded to Marina Vlady’s type and was selected from 700 applicants as (...)

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09/17/10
Veronika Voss for the First Time on Stage

Premiere on September 17, 2010 at the Schauspiel Frankfurt / Kammerspiele
 
It is the postwar period in the former Federal Republic of Germany: Obviously Veronika Voss (Stephanie Eidt), a UFA star of the 1930s, is among the losers. On a rainy night, sports journalist Robert Krohn (...)

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09/09/10
Opening of the Boulevard of Stars to be Celebrated

Rainer Werner Fassbinder remains unforgotten

A memorial to RWF will be erected near Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz on the newly created Boulevard of Stars. On September 10, 2010 he will receive his star along with 40 other German individuals from the universe of film. They were (...)

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09/08/10
Mario Adorf turns 80

Congratulations to the Actor and Author

Mario Adorf is one of the most versatile performers on the German and European film and TV stages. Throughout a career that spans almost 60 years, he is considered one of the most striking character actors. In addition, he has published (...)

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08/04/10
Happy Birthday Michael Ballhaus!

75 Years Young And As Active As Ever

On August 5, 2010, Michael Ballhaus will have his great day and the Fassbinder Foundation wishes him all the very best for his birthday. It is a well-known fact that Michael Ballhaus is one of the greatest filmmakers of the German (...)

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