Dieter Schidor
1948 - 1987Dieter Schidor was born on 6 March 1948 in Bienrode, today a part of Braunschweig, Germany. From 1977 to 1986, Schidor lived with the New Zealand actor and producer Michael McLernon, until his death from AIDS. Schidor died from AIDS on 17 September 1987 in Munich.
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Veronika Voss
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
Veronika Voss
Cross of Iron
Sam Peckinpah
James Coburn, Maximilian Schell
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Cross of Iron
Der Bauer von Babylon - Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht Querelle
Dieter Schidor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Documentary about German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, during the time of filming "Querelle." Features an interview with Fassbinder only ten hours before his death.
The Wizard of Babylon
Black and White in Color
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.
Black and White in Color
Satan's Brew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen
This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his confusing life. Unable to write enough to keep his publisher's royalty advances coming, he seeks out a woman he imagines is a prostitute and interviews her for material. He is also inspired to utter some poetry, which his brassy, outspoken wife identifies as coming from the famous homosexuality-advocating mystical German poet, Stefan George. This inspires Walter to take a closer look at the gay scene, and he quickly becomes a sort of celebrity there.
Satan's Brew
Querelle
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brad Davis, Franco Nero
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
Querelle
Der Schneider von Ulm
Edgar Reitz
Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna
The true story of the Bavarian Tailor Albrecht Berblinger who, after a strange encounter with a balloon starts building a flying machine. Although not an engineer by profession, he never gives up. No matter how many obstacles are put in his way nor how many failures he endures, his ardour is never dampened. He continues with his dream to fly like a bird.
The Tailor from Ulm
