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Love Is Colder Than Death

6.219701h 28mMovieCrimeDrama

Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he has refused to join.

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
WriterRainer Werner Fassbinder
ProducersPeer Raben·Thomas Schamoni

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

ULUlli Lommel
Ulli Lommel
Bruno
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Johanna
RFRainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Franz
KSKatrin Schaake
Katrin Schaake
Dame im Zug
LS
Liz Soellner
Zeitungsverkäuferin
ICIngrid Caven
Ingrid Caven
Zweite Prostituierte
IHIrm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Sonnenbrillenverkäuferin
US
Ursula Strätz
Prostituierte
GO
Gisela Otto
Prostituierte
HHHans Hirschmüller
Hans Hirschmüller
Peter
PRPeer Raben
Peer Raben
Jürgen
HG
Howard Gaines
Raoul

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