Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

Original title

Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

drama film, comedy film, art film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

15

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-time gangster gets involved with a sex worker and her pimp. They form a tense love triangle while planning a crime.

bleakstarkdryalienatingdeadpanminimalistcoldslow-burn

What happens

Love is Colder Than Death (German: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) is a 1969 West German crime film written, starring, edited and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his feature directorial debut. The film co-stars Ulli Lommel and Hanna Schygulla, both of whom would become regular collaborators of Fassbinder. The plot follows a small-time gangster (Lommel) who is caught in a love-triangle with a sex worker (Schygulla) and her pimp (Fassbinder). The film premiered at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it received a polarized reaction, but was nominated for the Golden Bear. At the 1970 German Film Awards, the film won awards for Best Ensemble Cast and Best Cinematography (Dietrich Lohmann). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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