Love is colder than death = Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

Author

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In German, with English subtitles.

Performers

Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans Hirschmüller, Katrin Schaake, Peter Berling, Irm Hermann, Les Olvides, Peter Moland, Yaak Karsunke, Hannes Gromball.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

For his feature debut, Rainer Werner Fassbinder fashioned an acerbic, unorthodox crime drama about a love triangle involving the small-time pimp Franz, his prostitute girlfriend, Joanna, and his gangster friend Bruno. With its minimalist tableaux and catalog of New Wave and Hollywood references, this is a stylishly nihilistic cinematic statement of intent.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.