The Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Volume 3) - 4-Disc Box Set ( Der amerikanische Soldat / Götter der Pest / Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel / Satansbraten / Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Die Niklashauser Fart / Rio das Mortes ) ( The American Soldier / Gods of the Plague / Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven / Satan's Brew / Love Is Colder Than Death / The Niklashausen Journey / River of Deaths )

The Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Volume 3) - 4-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

$63.99

Original Title: Der amerikanische Soldat / Götter der Pest / Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel / Satansbraten / Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Die Niklashauser Fart / Rio das Mortes
Alternate Title: The American Soldier / Gods of the Plague / Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven / Satan's Brew / Love Is Colder Than Death / The Niklashausen Journey / River of Deaths
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Linear PCM )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
649 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1969-1976 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Michael Fengler

Written By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Kurt Raab
Heinrich Zille
Michael Fengler

Actors:
Karl Scheydt ..... Ricky
Elga Sorbas ..... Rosa von Praunheim
Jan George ..... Jan
Hark Bohm ..... Doc
Marius Aicher ..... Polizist
Margarethe von Trotta ..... Zimmermädchen
Ulli Lommel ..... Tony le Gitano
Katrin Schaake ..... Magdalena Fuller
Ingrid Caven ..... Sängerin
Eva Ingeborg Scholz ..... Rickys Mutter
Kurt Raab ..... Rickys Bruder
Irm Hermann ..... Hure
Hanna Schygulla ..... Johanna Reiher
Margarethe von Trotta ..... Margarethe
Harry Baer ..... Franz Walsch
Günther Kaufmann ..... Günther, 'Gorilla'
Carla Egerer ..... Carla Aulaulu
Ingrid Caven ..... Magdalena Fuller
Jan George ..... Polizist
Lilo Pempeit ..... Mutter
Marian Seidowsky ..... Marian Walsch
Micha Cochina ..... Joe
Yaak Karsunke ..... Kommissar
Hannes Gromball ..... Supermarkt-Chef
Brigitte Mira ..... Emma Küsters
Ingrid Caven ..... Corinna
Margit Carstensen ..... Marianne Thälmann
Karlheinz Böhm ..... Karl Thälmann
Irm Hermann ..... Helene
Gottfried John ..... Niemeyer
Peter Kern ..... Nachtclubbesitzer
Kurt Raab ..... Barbesitzer Gustav
Gustav Holzapfel ..... Herr Holzapfel
Lilo Pempeit ..... Sekretärin
Peter Chatel ..... Photograph
Peter Bollag ..... Photograph
Kurt Raab ..... Walter Kranz
Margit Carstensen ..... Andrée
Helen Vita ..... Luise Kranz
Volker Spengler ..... Ernst Kranz
Ingrid Caven ..... Lisa
Y Sa Lo ..... Lana von Meyerbeer
Ulli Lommel ..... Lauf
Armin Meier ..... Stricher
Katherina Buchhammer ..... Irmgart von Witzleben
Vitus Zeplichal ..... Urs
Brigitte Mira ..... Mutter Kranz
Hannes Kaetner ..... Vater Kranz
Ulli Lommel ..... Bruno
Hanna Schygulla ..... Johanna
Katrin Schaake ..... Dame im Zug
Liz Söllner ..... Zeitungsverkäuferin
Gisela Otto ..... Prostituierte
Ursula Strätz ..... Prostituierte
Monika Nüchtern ..... Kellnerin Erica Rohmer
Hans Hirschmüller ..... Peter
Les Olvides ..... Georges
Peer Raben ..... Jürgen (also Waffenhändle
Howard Gaines ..... Raoul
Peter Moland ..... Leiter des Syndikatsverhörs
Michael König ..... Hans Boehm
Margit Carstensen ..... Magarethe
Michael Gordon ..... Antonio
Günther Kaufmann ..... Leader of the farmers
Kurt Raab ..... Bishop
Franz Maron ..... Magarethe's husband
Walter Sedlmayr ..... Priest
Karl Scheydt ..... Niklashausen citizen
Chris Karrer ..... Self
Hanna Köhler ..... Sängerin
Peter Leopold ..... Self
Hanna Schygulla ..... Hanna
Michael König ..... Michel
Günther Kaufmann ..... Günther
Katrin Schaake ..... Katrin - Hannas Freundin
Harry Baer ..... Michels Kollege
Ulli Lommel ..... Autohändler
Marius Aicher ..... Meister
Walter Sedlmayr ..... Sekretär
Carla Egerer ..... Kundin
Joachim von Mengershausen ..... Joachim - Katrins Freund
Hanna Axmann-Rezzori ..... Mäzenin
Franz Maron ..... Hannas Onkel

Synopsis:

The American Soldier: Ricky is a cold-blooded U.S. German contract killer. After serving in Viet Nam, he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood accomplice Franz Walsch, and pays a short visit to his mother and doting brother. When Ricky asks the hotel clerk for a girl, one of the cops sends his girlfriend Rosa. However, she falls for the killer. Gods of the Plague: Franz Walsch, a small-time hood, is released from jail and searches for his old acquaintances. He finds his girlfriend Johanna and visits his mother with his brother Marian. Women are attracted to Franz, though he is a man of few words and remains emotionless throughout his encounters with them. Johanna becomes jealous when Franz goes off with his new lover Margarethe, and the pair connect with his old buddy Günther, known as the Gorilla. After Marian is murdered, a detective searching for the Gorilla and Franz pressures Johanna into divulging what she knows about them. Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven: Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works--and followed that by committing suicide. Satan's Brew: Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. He tries various ways of raising money, including shooting one of his mistresses and relying on the life savings of a woman from the country who is fanatically devoted to him. He also has to contend with his long-suffering wife, his fly-obsessed crazy brother, his other mistress and a police murder investigation. Love Is Colder Than Death: Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join. Things are turned on their head when Franz and Bruno become friends, to the point that they even share Franz's girlfriend Joanna. But Joanna soon becomes bored of Bruno. The Niklashausen Journey: Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the 'Black Monk' in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The 'Black Monk' suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary. River of Deaths: Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 August, 2023.