Fassbinder made a 15-hour TV epic and somehow the making-of is just as unhinged.
A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.
Acting
Cast reunites decades later, still processing the madness.
Direction
Lorenz captures Fassbinder's ghost through survivor testimony.
Production
The insane logistics of 1970s German TV financing.
Director
Juliane Lorenz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Juliane Lorenz was Fassbinder's longtime editor and romantic partner; she spent years securing rights to footage other directors wouldn't touch.
The documentary reveals how West German TV's 'quality' ambitions accidentally funded the most unhinged art project in broadcast history.
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