German filmmaker, actor and dramatist Rainer Werner Fassbinder was born on this day, May 31, 1945 in Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria.
He was a major figure of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder was critical of the post war German class system.
He was steeped in the turmoil of the results of Hitler’s war and nervous of Germany’s ‘Economic Miracle’.
Some of his extraordinary films include: The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lili Marleen and probably his masterpiece, Berlin Alexanderplatz.
He died of a drug overdose on June 19, 1982 at the age of 37.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a genius, who made powerful, extraordinary films.
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