Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Jun 26, 1969 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 85 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
An independent criminal's work is admired by organized crime. He is tortured after he refuses the invitation to join the gang but later relents and becomes a member. He continues to be a pimp and a murderer in this disturbing film that appeared at the Berlin Film Festival in 1969. This feature garnered international recognition for writer/director Rainer Werner Fassbinder who would go on to become one of Germany's most prolific directors of the post-World War II era.
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pimp, organized-crime, torture, gangster, killing, life-of-crime
