Fassbinder75 Special

On the occasion of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 75th birthday, we present three of his greatest works:

DIE BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT (1972)
Mon, 12.10.2020 at 20:30, Großer Saal
ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF (1974)
Tue, 13.10.2020 at 20:30, Großer Saal
FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT (1975)
Wed, 14.10.2020 at 20:30, Großer Saal
All three films are shown in their Original German version with English subtitles.
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DIE BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT (1972)
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - with Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann
Plot Outline:
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer - arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF (1974)
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – with Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo
Plot Outline:
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi’s family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT (1975)
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach, Harry Baer, Rudolf Lenz, Kurt Raab, Karl Scheydt
Plot Outline:
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn’t without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.