Fassbinder - The Gangster Films - 3-DVD Set ( Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Götter der Pest / Der amerikanische Soldat ) ( Love is Colder Than Death / Gods of the Plague / The American Soldier )

Fassbinder - The Gangster Films - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Götter der Pest / Der amerikanische Soldat
Alternate Title: Love is Colder Than Death / Gods of the Plague / The American Soldier
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
240 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1969 - 1970 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Written By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Actors:
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
Hans Hirschmüller ..... Peter
Les Olvides ..... Georges
Peer Raben ..... Jürgen
Howard Gaines ..... Raoul
Peter Moland ..... Leiter des Syndikatsverhörs
Kurt Raab ..... Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus
Peter Berling ..... Illegaler Waffenhändler
Anastassios Karalas ..... Türke
Hanna Schygulla ..... Johanna Reiher
Margarethe von Trotta ..... Margarethe
Harry Baer ..... Franz Walsch
Günther Kaufmann ..... Günther
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
Karl Scheydt ..... Ricky
Elga Sorbas ..... Rosa von Praunheim
Jan George ..... Jan
Hark Bohm ..... Doc
Marius Aicher ..... Polizist
Margarethe von Trotta ..... Zimmermädchen
Ulli Lommel ..... Zigeuner
Katrin Schaake ..... Magdalena Fuller
Ingrid Caven ..... Sängerin
Eva Ingeborg Scholz ..... Rickys Mutter
Kurt Raab ..... Rickys Bruder
Irm Hermann ..... Hure
Gustl Datz ..... Polizeipräsident

Synopsis:

Love is Colder Than Death (1969)
When small-time pimp Franz Walsch is asked to join his local crime syndicate by mobster Bruno, he finds himself torn between this exciting new opportunity and his prostitute girlfriend, Johanna.

Gods Of the Plague (1970)
Franz Walsch has been newly released from prison after his girlfriend, Johanna, informed the police of his criminal plans. But despite his rehabilitation, Franz finds himself being sucked back in to his old life...

The American Soldier (1970)
Ricky, a professional hitman, returns to Germany after fighting for the US in Vietnam. He finds employment with three maverick detectives, who hire Ricky to assassinate the masterminds behind a string of dangerous crimes.

Love is Colder Than Death (1969)
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, and when he plots a bank robbery, she reports it to the police before Bruno's scheme to kill her can succeed. Bruno is shot dead by the police, but the lovers manage to escape.

Gods of the Plague (1970)
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.

The American Soldier (1970)
Ricky is a cold-blooded German-American contract killer. After serving in Vietnam 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.

Three of RW Fassbinder's early works united together in a single release. Each reworking the gangster noir genre, a la the French New Wave, these three Fassbinder films are some of the most interesting and intriguing of the New German Cinema movement. The loose trilogy of Love is Colder Than Death, Gods Of the Plague and The American Soldier, each shot in black and white, represent an iconoclastic artist's journey though narrative and form.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.

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