Lili Marleen
(1981) [M]

Fassbinder's Lili Marleen is an extravagant story of love, war and propaganda in the shadows of Nazi Germany. Willie (Hanna Schygulla) is a German cabaret singer working in Zurich. She is in love with Robert, a Jewish anti-Nazi activist and composer. When Willie's version of Robert's song "Lili...  More

The Third Generation (Fassbinder on Terror)
(1979) [MA]

Made during the 2nd Generation of the violent left-wing West German group, Red Army Faction, the film speculates on what lay behind increased security and domestic terrorism in Germany. The first third of the movie plays as a comedy of the inside shenanigans of how such a group would behave. The...  More