Premiere in the Schauspielhaus Dortmund on June 2, 2013 The highly anticipated theater production of World on a Wire is now coming to the stage in Dortmund and providing a counterpoint to the version seen in Fassbinder’s film. Adapting the two-part science fiction film for the stage is proving a real challenge for dramaturg Anne-Kathrin (…)

Liselotte Irmgard Pempeit, later divorced Fassbinder and widowed Eder, mother of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was born on October 6, 1922 in Schmiede/Kowall  in the municipality of Danzig. She was the second child of Agnes und Rudolf Pempeit. Following the birth of her brother, Kurt Pempeit, in 1925, she grew up with a childless uncle and (…)

A remarkable testament to aging with dignity France loves its icons, one of whom is certainly the grande dame of French cinema Jeanne Moreau. In A LADY IN PARIS, Moreau gives a wonderful performance as the flinty Frida, who proves more than a challenge for Anne, played by Laine Mägi. Anne, who is dealing with (…)

LOLA for the best actress in a leading role At the sixty-third presentation of the German Film Awards held at Berlin’s Friedrichstadtpalast, Barbara Sukowa received the Best Actress award for her performance in Margarethe von Trotta’s HANNAH ARENDT. It is the third time that Sukowa has been awarded the “Golden Film Strip” (“Filmband in Gold”), (…)

Yale Repertory Theatre – April 26 to May 18 2013 Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff have adapted the script from Fassbinder’s film while retaining the original dialog. The English translation is by Louisa Proske. Having staged over 70 plays, director Robert Woodruff is now an established member of his profession and has been teaching at (…)