Love Is Colder Than Death (film)
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| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Produced by | Peer Raben, Thomas Schamoni |
| Written by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Starring | Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Ingrid Caven |
| Music by | Holger Münzer, Peer Raben |
| Release date(s) | 1969 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | DEM 95,000 |
Love is Colder than Death (German: Liebe — kälter als der Tod) is a 1969 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This is Fassbinder's first feature film, and he stars as a petty hood, Franz Biberkopf. Biberkopf's friend, portrayed by actor Ulli Lommel, has been ordered to kill Franz by a crime syndicate. The cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann and the cast as an ensemble won an award at the German Film Awards in 1970.
The reception was generally negative, and the film was even booed at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival in 1969.[1] Today, it is seen as a fine example of Fassbinder's early style, with a heavy nouvelle vague influence.
The film is dedicated to "Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Marie Straub, Linio and Cuncho." The last two are characters in Damiano Damiani's 1966 film Quien sabe?
[edit] Cast
- Ulli Lommel - Bruno
- Hanna Schygulla - Johanna
- Katrin Schaake - Dame im Zug
- Liz Soellner - Zeitungsverkäuferin
- Gisela Otto - 1. Prostituierte
- Ursula Strätz - Fette Prostituierte
- Monika Nüchtern - Kellnerin beim Türken (as Monika Stadler)
- Hans Hirschmüller - Peter
- Les Olvides - Georges
- Peer Raben - Jürgen (as Wil Rabenbauer)
- Howard Gaines - Raoul
- Peter Moland - Leiter des Syndikatsverhörs
- Kurt Raab - Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus
- Peter Berling - Illegaler Waffenhändler
- Anastassios Karalas - Türke
Fassbinder's character's name in the film, Franz Biberkopf, is the same as that of the main character in Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz. Fassbinder included many references to this work through his entire filmography and eventually adapted a 15½ hour miniseries of it. Franz Biberkopf is also the name of the main character (also played by Fassbinder) in Fox and His Friends.
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