Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (1969)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Scénariste:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)

Release Date:

16 janvier 1970 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedie | Crime | Romance

Accroche:

Eine knallharte Geschichte vom Leben, vom Lieben und vom Sterben

Plot:

Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Train | Coolness | Ruthlessness | Munich Germany

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Fassbinder's first movie - an homage to Film Noir and the French Nouvelle Vague

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s):

Love Is Colder Than Death
L'amour est plus froid que la mort (France) [fr]

Durée:

88 min

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Singapore:R(A) | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Antiteater-X-Film

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

Der Rosenkavalier

Fassbinder's first movie - an homage to Film Noir and the French Nouvelle Vague

A man (Fassbinder himself) is sitting on an armchair, reading the newspaper. Another man walks into frame asks Franz (Fassbinder's character's name) for a cigarette and when he's told 'no!' he takes the newspaper and drops it down on the floor. Franz gets up and beats up the guy. The plot continues: Franz is ordered into this room to work for a criminal syndicate but he wants to be his only chief himself. Franz meets Bruno, a man who works for the syndicate, and they become very good friends. Some days later they meet again and we recognize that Franz is a pimp. Bruno falls in love with Franz' girlfriend (played by Hanna Schygulla) and together they start to rob banks. It is the last coup when Hanna Schygulla calls the police. Bruno is shooten down by some policemen and Fassbinder and Schygulla flee in their car.

The plot is almost as short as Godard's 'Breathless' and I think that that was what Fassbinder really wants to show with this film. When you cinema after seeing this film you don't remember a plot but very much more a feeling - a feeling of social isolation of the main characters, a feeling of loneliness.

In my opinion this is one of the best Fassbinder movies, even if it's not appraised as that good by most of the critics.