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Fassbinder

American  
[fahs-bin-der] / ˈfɑs bɪn dər /

noun

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


Fassbinder British  
/ ˈfasbɪndər /

noun

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Yorgos really likes the Rainer Werner Fassbinder films where the dolly moves and it zooms in and out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Like Gala is to Dalí, you certainly have been a muse to male filmmakers over the years starting with Fassbinder.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022

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

A senior girl, an exchange student from Germany named Monica Fassbinder, had a peculiar attraction to Cade Hernandez.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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