Walter Sedlmayr
1926 - 1990
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla
A sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic look at domestic relationships and labour relationships, with particular focus on skilled worker Jochen and his new girlfriend, Marion.
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Mathias Kneissl
Reinhard Hauff
Hans Brenner, Ruth Drexel
Inspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria, in the late XIX Century. Mathias stole from the riches to give to the poor, becoming a hero for the rural people, and a popular social rebel. He was chased by the police until his unfortunate sentence.
Mathias Kneißl
