L'amour est plus froid que la mort

Original title: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

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L'amour est plus froid que la mort (1969)

A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.

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6.4/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
First feature film of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Goofs
01:12. Bruno loads Johanna's unconscious client into the back seat of a car, and just as he is about to close the door, there is a glimpse of the man's hand moving quickly as if to prevent it from getting hurt.

Quotes
Franz Walsch: Some Turkish guy was shot. He had a few girls working the streets for him here. So his brother comes looking for revenge and some rat tells the guy I killed his brother.
Bruno: And?
Franz Walsch: As if I'd killed a Turk.

Crazy credits
Für Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Marie Straub, Linio und Cuncho

Connections
Edited from Le fiancé, la comédienne et le maquereau (1968)

Soundtracks
Der Rosenkavalier
By Richard Strauss

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Featured review

7/10

Joyless, but OK

'Liebe ist kalter als der Tod (= German for 'love is colder than death'), from 1969, is Rainer Werner Fassbinder's first film.

Shot in black and white, it sometimes shows a little 'wooden' and imperfect. Nevertheless it surely contains all well-known Fassbinder features: a very German setting, slow speed, serious, with a strong touch of realism & pessimism.

Although Fassbinder himself extensively acts, female lead Hanna Schygulla by far adds the greatest value here. After 'Liebe', she should feature in many other Fassbinder-productions.

This film's somewhat weird title nevertheless fully covers its joyless plot. Strangely this lack of fun is somehow accentuated by Schygulla's brief nude appearances. They make an unusual contrast, already revealing Fassbinder's genius at this early stage in his career.