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Fassbinder in Hollywood

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Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk).

DirectorRobert Fischer
WritersRobert Fischer·Ulli Lommel
ProducerThomas Sessner

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Cast · Directed by Robert Fischer

RFRainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
WWWim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Self
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Self
MBMichael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
Self
ULUlli Lommel
Ulli Lommel
Self

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