Fassbinder

American

[fahs-bin-der] / ˈfɑs bɪn dər /

noun

Rainer Werner 1946–82, German film actor and director.

Fassbinder British

/ ˈfasbɪndər /

noun

Rainer Werner (ˈrainər ˈvɛrnər). 1946–82, West German film director. His films include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Fear Eats the Soul (1974), and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)

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In addition to Von Trier, Kier starred in films from a number of other famed European filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Dario Argento and childhood friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder over the course of his career.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

In his teenage years, Kier sparked a friendship with Fassbinder.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

German actor Udo Kier has worked with some of cinema’s edgiest renegades, from Andy Warhol and Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

Roehler begins with Fassbinder upending Munich’s Action Theatre in his early 20s, and his fearless artistic talent suggests a force of nature unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

When I got back to the couch in Blake Grunwald's parents' living room, Monica Fassbinder and Julia Bishop were gone.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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