The Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Collection Volume 1) - 4-Disc Box Set ( Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Katzelmacher / Händler der vier Jahreszeiten / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte / Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant / Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe ) ( Love Is Colder Than Death / Katzelmacher / The Merchant of Four Seasons / Beware of a Holy Whore / The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant / Tenderness of the Wolves )

The Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Collection Volume 1) - 4-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

$103.99

Original Title: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / Katzelmacher / Händler der vier Jahreszeiten / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte / Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant / Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe
Alternate Title: Love Is Colder Than Death / Katzelmacher / The Merchant of Four Seasons / Beware of a Holy Whore / The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant / Tenderness of the Wolves
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:
573 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Collectors Edition
Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1969-1973 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ulli Lommel

Written By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Kurt Raab

Actors:
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
Kurt Raab ..... Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus
Peter Berling ..... Schuster / Illegaler Waffenhändler
Anastassios Karalas ..... Türke
Hanna Schygulla ..... Marie
Lilith Ungerer ..... Helga
Rudolf Waldemar Brem ..... Paul
Elga Sorbas ..... Rosy
Doris Mattes ..... Gunda
Irm Hermann ..... Elisabeth
Peter Moland ..... Peter
Hans Hirschmüller ..... Erich
Harry Baer ..... Franz
Hannes Gromball ..... Klaus
Katrin Schaake ..... Frau im Restaurant
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ..... Jorgos
Hans Hirschmüller ..... Hans Epp
Irm Hermann ..... Irmgard Epp
Hanna Schygulla ..... Anna Epp
Klaus Löwitsch ..... Harry Radek
Karl Scheydt ..... Anzell
Andrea Schober ..... Renate Epp
Gusti Kreissl ..... Mother Epp
Ingrid Caven ..... Hans's great love
Kurt Raab ..... Kurt
Heide Simon ..... Heide
Peter Chatel ..... Dr. Harlach
Elga Sorbas ..... Marile
Lilo Pempeit ..... Customer
Walter Sedlmayr ..... Fruit cart salesman
El Hedi ben Salem ..... The Arab
Lou Castel ..... Jeff, Regisseur
Eddie Constantine ..... Eddie
Marquard Bohm ..... Ricky, Schauspieler
Hanna Schygulla ..... Hanna, Schauspielerin
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ..... Sascha, Herstellungsleiter
Margarethe von Trotta ..... Babs, Produktionssekretärin
Hannes Fuchs ..... David, Regieassistent
Marcella Michelangeli ..... Margret
Karl Scheydt ..... Manfred, Produzent
Ulli Lommel ..... Korbinian, Aufnahmeleiter
Kurt Raab ..... Fred, Ausstatter
Herb Andress ..... Mark, Coach
Monica Teuber ..... Billi, Maskenbildnerin
Benjamin Lev ..... Candy, spanischer Aufnahmeleiter
Gianni Di Luigi ..... Mike, Kameramann
Margit Carstensen ..... Petra von Kant
Hanna Schygulla ..... Karin Thimm
Katrin Schaake ..... Sidonie von Grasenabb
Eva Mattes ..... Gabriele von Kant
Gisela Fackeldey ..... Valerie von Kant
Irm Hermann ..... Marlene
Kurt Raab ..... Insp. Fritz Haarmann
Jeff Roden ..... Hans Grans
Margit Carstensen ..... Frau Lindner
Ingrid Caven ..... Dora
Wolfgang Schenck ..... Kommissar Braun
Brigitte Mira ..... Louise Engel
Rainer Hauer ..... Kommissar Müller
Barbara Bertram ..... Elli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ..... Wittowski
Heinrich Giskes ..... Lungis
Friedrich Karl Praetorius ..... Kurt Fromm
Karl von Liebezeit ..... Herr Engel
Walter Kaltheuner ..... Schuhmacher
El Hedi ben Salem ..... Französischer Soldat
Rainer Will ..... Opfer

Synopsis:

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. Katzelmacher: Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a 'Communist' and 'Greek dog'. After having been attacked, Jorgos talks to Maria of his wish to return home. The Merchant of Four Seasons: Fruit vendor Hans cannot please his family. His mother harps on his failures. His wife is openly discontent. He must peddle produce to his beloved ex-girlfriend, and he is mocked by his customers for being shorter and fatter than his wife. He is withdrawn, crushed, and humiliated. He can not meet the high standards of his mother, he has to give up his job as a police officer when he gets involved with a prostitute in the office. He turns to drinking and violence, but his rage causes his wife and daughter to leave him. While desperately begging for their return, he suffers a debilitating heart attack. His family comes back, but Hans is unable to work and must hire help for his fruit stand. Hans' first employee is his wife's ex-lover, whom he fires for embezzling. He then hires a friend and hero from his legionnaire days, Harry, out of pity. Harry is hardworking, diligent, and clever. He turns Hans' business around and enlivens his home life. Harry's success also begins to displace Hans -- with his fruit stand, with his wife, and even with his child. Hans becomes useless, a nothing -- exactly what his mother, his wife, and those around him set him up to be. Beware of a Holy Whore: On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director arrives the material is still missing and so they still wait and try to make the best out of the situation. When the material finally arrives all folks involved into the film find themselves in a weird situation. Jealousy, competition and despair are ruling. Nobody seems to be able to break through this atmosphere, so they all still try to make the best out of the situation, but this is probably not the way to finish the film. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. Some time ago, she divorced the husband she no longer loved. Until recently, she has been in a fairly satisfactory S and M relationship with Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). She mistreats her. Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. She falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in. The rest of the film deals with the emotions of this affair and its aftermath. Fassbinder tells his story in a series of 5 or 6 long scenes with extended uses of a single camera shot and deep focus. Tenderness of the Wolves: In 1925, in Germany, Fritz Haarmann is a homosexual, thief and sneak, having a special license from the police. He sells meat in the black market. He also kills boys and young men, drinking their blood, quarter-sewing their bodies and throwing away the parts in a river. Certainly what he sells in the black market is human meat.

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