Rainer Werner Fassbinder was probably Germany’s most significant post-war director. His swift and dramatic demise at the early age of 37 in 1982 left behind a vacuum in European filmmaking that has yet to be filled, as well as a body of unique, multi-layered and multifarious work of astonishing consistency and rigour. From 1969 onwards, Danish director and film historian Christian Braad Thomsen maintained a close yet respectfully distanced friendship with Fassbinder. Fassbinder – Lieben ohne zu fordern is based on his personal memories as well as a series of conversations and interviews he held with Fassbinder and his mother Lilo in the 1970s. The film also contains current interviews with Irm Hermann and Harry Baer, both of whom were close to Fassbinder. Beginning with Fassbinder’s extraordinary childhood in traumatised post-war Germany, the film, which is divided into seven chapters, provides an illuminating, intimate and moving tribute that bears witness to the enduring relevance of both the man and his work. Today in particular his oeuvre continues to provoke us to engage with controversy and tension – be it aesthetical, creative or critical. berlianle 2015

曾经红极一时的荣耀早已经成为了过去，如今维洛妮卡（洛塞尔·泽希 Rosel Zech 饰）变成了无人理会的昨日黄花。体育新闻记者罗伯特（Hilmar Thate 饰）曾是维洛妮卡的粉丝，当他再次见到她时，罗伯特只看到了一个沉迷于酒精和麻醉药品的过气女伶，他决定帮助维洛妮卡。　　维洛妮卡住在卡茨医生（Annemarie Düringer 饰）的诊所里，在那里，有许多和她一样落魄和可怜的人们，罗伯特发现，诊所的医生竟然利用自己的职位之便，为这些人们注射吗啡，以此为手段控制和勒索他们的钱财。罗伯特想要揭发这一罪行，却苦于找不到证据。维洛妮卡决定复出，然而，正是这个决定为维洛妮卡的死亡增加了最后的一枚砝码。