ROSA VON PRAUNHEIM, film director
Filmmaker ROSA VON PRAUNHEIM wants to prove with his documentary 'Für mich gab's nur Fassbinder. Die glücklichen Opfer des Rainer Werner F.' (For me, there was only Fassbinder. The happy victims of Rainer Werner F.) proves that the title hero lived the exact opposite of his own aspirations in real life (arte, November 10, 2000, 10:25 p.m.). Fassbinder's work can be understood as a single, desperate critique of the prevailing conditions and power structures. Yet he himself exhibited sadistic behaviour. Humiliation seemed normal if one loved Fassbinder or worked with him, which was often both at the same time. In conversations with companions and male and female lovers (including Hanna Schygulla, Ingrid Caven, Peer Raben, Brigitte Mira, Irm Hermann and Michael Ballhaus), Praunheim creates an image of a monster and a man of power. Rainer Werner Fassbinder died in 1982 at the age of 37. [automated translation]
