Rainer werner fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the new german cinema, wrote, directed, produced and starred in over 40 films in his short but prolific life, before passing away of a drug overdose in 1982 aged just 37'. '.strtoupper('r')ainer werner fassbinder vol'. '.strtoupper('1') brings together a collection of his finest works from the early years of his career in high definition digital restorations prepared by the rainer werner fassbinder foundation.his debut feature love is colder than death 1969 is a playful but cynical crime picture, inspired by the nouvelle vague'. '.strtoupper('k')atzelmacher 1969 depicts the dynamics of a group of young layabout friends, which are radically altered by the arrival of an immigrant worker in their community'. '.strtoupper('b')eware of a holy whore 1971 pulls the curtain on the backstage dramas of the cast and crew of a film shoot as they wait in a spanish seaside hotel for the arrival of funds to continue their production'. '.strtoupper('t')he merchant of four seasons 1971 portrays the downfall of a beleaguered fruit seller in 1950s munich as he struggles to keep his family, body and soul together'. '.strtoupper('o')riginally written and produced as a stage play, the bitter tears of petra von kant 1972 focuses on the loves, losses and lamentations of the titular petra, a successful fashion designer with two marriages behind her and an estranged daughter'. '.strtoupper('t')he ulli lommel directed tenderness of the wolves 1973 sees fassbinder adopting the role of producer in a bleak tale based on the german serial killer fritz haarmann, memorably played by fassbinder regular kurt raab, who also wrote the screenplay.special edition contentshigh definition digital transfers of all films prepared by the rainer werner fassbinder foundation high definition 1080p blu ray presentations of all films original uncompressed pcm mono 1.0 sound for all films optional english subtitles for all films reversible sleeves for all films featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by sister hydedisc one love is colder than death katzelmachertwo early short films by rainer werner fassbinder from 1966, the little chaos and the city trampinterview with actor ulli lommel on love is colder than death end of the commune?, joachim von mengershausen’s 1970 documentary portrait of fassbinder and his troupe including rare footage of his actors rehearsing and love is colder than death’s premiere at the 1969 berlin film festival original theatrical trailer for katzelmacherdisc two the merchant of four seasons beware of a holy whoreaudio commentary on the merchant of four seasons by critics alexandra heller nicholas and christian mccrea audio commentary on beware of a holy whore by adrian martin interview with actor lou castel on beware of a holy whore beware of a holy whore theatrical trailerdisc three the bitter tears of petra von kantcommentary by filmmaker and lecturer diane charleson life stories a conversation with r.w'. '.strtoupper('f')assbinder, a 50 minute interview with the director conducted for german television in 1978 role play women on fassbinder, a 1992 documentary containing interviews with four of the director’s regular female performers, margit carstensen, irm hermann, hanna schygulla and rosel zechdisc four tenderness of the wolvesaudio commentary by director ulli lommel, moderated by uwe huber introduction by ulli lommel the tender wolf, an interview with lommel photographing fritz, an interview with director of photography jürgen jürges haarmann’s victim talks, an interview with actor rainer will an appreciation by stephen thrower, author of nightmare usa and murderous passions the delirious cinema of jesús franco still gallery theatrical trailer