11/09/12
Preparadise Sorry Now in Leipzig and Innsbruck

In the Skala and in Friedbergs Bar-Theater 

Two productions of Fassbinder’s play about the British serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are being staged simultaneously this autumn at two German-language theaters. Fassbinder wrote the play in 1969 as a (...)

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11/05/12
“World of Wires” on tour in France

From November 8 in Nantes and from November 13 at the Festival d'Automne, Paris

Following its world premiere in New York in January this year, author and director Jay Scheib’s extraordinary production World of Wires is now coming to Europe. The play (...)

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10/31/12
Hanna Schygulla in the mystery play “Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien”

On November 3 in Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

To mark the 150th birthday of Claude Debussy, the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin is presenting the composer’s oratorio Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien with a text by Gabriele d'Annunzio. The (...)

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10/29/12
40 years ago: RWF‘s EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY

Stories about workers determined to use their own initiative

On October 29, 1972, the first part of Fassbinder’s five-part family series flickered across West German TV screens. Over the next months, the public broadcaster ARD showed all five episodes, in (...)

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10/22/12
HANDS ON FASSBINDER – #5 TELEVISION STORIES

On October 27 and 28 with lectures and discussions in Berlin

The series of events taking place in 2012 under the umbrella title of HANDS ON FASSBINDER is a collective project mounted by the German film journal REVOLVER, the Collegium Hungaricum (...)

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10/19/12
Fox and His Friends on stage in Cologne

From October 25, 2012 in the Freies Werkstatt Theater

The stage version of Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit) based on the original film script by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (with collaboration by Christian Hohoff) was first performed in (...)

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10/04/12
Irm Hermann turns 70

Currently performing at the Komische Oper and the Volksbühne in Berlin

On October 4, the actress born Irmgard Hermann in Munich in 1942 joins the “70s club.” This year also sees her continuing to expand her already wide spectrum of roles in (...)

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09/27/12
Harry Baer turns 65

RWF’s colleague and actor of many years 

Harry Baer was born Harry Zöttl on September 27, 1947 in the town of Biberach. His alias was conferred on him by Fassbinder himself with the telling statement: “A Zöttl will never be a (...)

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09/21/12
The Marriage of Maria Braun at the Schauspielhaus Bochum

From September 23, 2012 in the Kammerspiele theater

The staging of The Marriage of Maria Braun in Bochum represents yet another highpoint in this year of events commemorating the life and work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The script for the stage play was (...)

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09/18/12
DESPAIR in France on DVD & Blu-ray

CARLOTTA Films to bring out both editions on September 19

Following the premiere of the restored version at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and subsequent screenings in selected French cinemas, the new edition of RWF’s DESPAIR is now being released on DVD (...)

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