On 7 November the German actor Hans-Michael Rehberg died at the age of 79. He appeared in numerous stage productions as well as a diverse range of films, working with exponents of New German Cinema such as Margarethe von Trotta, Alexander Kluge and Reinhard Hauff, maverick figures such as Roland Klick, Rudolf Thome and Romuald (…)

Important birthdays were recently celebrated by Harry Baer and Irm Hermann, two of Fassbinder’s closest and most enduring collaborators. Harry Baer, who turned 70 on 27 September, worked with Fassbinder from the early antiteater days right through to the director’s last feature film, QUERELLE. Whether appearing like a Bavarian James Dean in leading roles in (…)

Since the end of last year the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has been featuring guest contributions exploring the issue of film heritage management. Now RWFF president Juliane Maria Lorenz has contributed a text in which she writes about her experiences with the restoration of Fassbinder’s films. Among other things, she points out that the digital safeguarding (…)