After the incredible new start in the movie theaters (soon to be released on DVD) of Volker Schlöndorff’s BAAL from 1969 with RWF as the lead that got such raving reviews, we want to take this opportunity to congratulate him today to his 75th birthday. We would also like to recall that his film version (…)

We, too, want to celebrate this hero: substantial and imposing, Peter Berling, whose global competence and aptitude have repeatedly brought him into RWF’s orbit and spheres. Including his small role in LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH and his ‘intervention’ – which did not remain undisputed – vis-à-vis BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE. And last but (…)

Many remember him from the Frankfurt exhibition Fassbinder Now: At the opening, Ming Wong appeared as a Brigitte-Mira-simulation, doubling ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL. He has been studying RWF very closely for many years. Now he is featured in a solo exhibition in Berlin at carlier | gebauer, where his focus changes and he turns (…)

It appears that Fassbinder is as fascinating as ever. A tendency we have witnessed over the last few years continues. Two new theater projects will start very soon: Mannheim’s Nationaltheater is going to pair the plays “Draußen vor der Tür / The Man Outside” by Wolfgang Borchert with RWF’s “The Marriage of Maria Braun.” Director (…)

This is one of the most scandalous and, at the same time, least well-known movies in German post-War cinema: BAAL, based on the multiple versions of Bertolt Brecht’s drama. It was directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starred RWF as the lead, and was shot in 1969 (produced for the German TV, it was first broadcast on (…)