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Volker Spengler is a Actor and Art Direction Allemand born on 16 february 1939 at Bremen (German)
Volker Spengler (born 1939, Bremen, Germany) is a German actor who was one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's key collaborators.
His most noted role with Fassbinder was as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of the film In a Year of 13 Moons (1978).
He performed in “Amanullah Amanullah” at Berlin’s Volksbühne in April 2009 [1].
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Volker Spengler (born 1939, Bremen, Germany) is a German actor who was one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's key collaborators.
His most noted role with Fassbinder was as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of the film In a Year of 13 Moons (1978).
He performed in “Amanullah Amanullah” at Berlin’s Volksbühne in April 2009 [1].
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On connaît Volker Spengler en France principalement pour sa participation à plusieurs films de Rainer Werner Fassbinder, dont un rôle marquant, celui du transsexuel Erwin/Elvira dans L'Année des treize lunes (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) en 1978.Usually with
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The Turin Horse (2011)
, 2h26Directed by Béla Tarr
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Volker Spengler, János Derzsi
Rating76%
"In Turin on 3rd January, 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six, Via Carlo Alberto. Not far from him, the driver of a hansom cab is having trouble with a stubborn horse. Despite all his urging, the horse refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche comes up to the throng and puts an end to the brutal scene, throwing his arms around the horse’s neck, sobbing. His landlord takes him home, he lies motionless and silent for two days on a divan until he mutters the obligatory last words, 'Mutter, ich bin dumm!' ['Mother, I am stupid!' in German] and lives for another ten years, silent and demented, cared for by his mother and sisters. We do not know what happened to the horse.
The Man from London (2008)
, 2h19Directed by Béla Tarr, László Nemes
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tilda Swinton, Miroslav Krobot, János Derzsi, Volker Spengler
Rating69%
The film concerns a middle-aged railway pointsman, Maloin (Miroslav Krobot), who lives in a decrepit apartment in a port town with his highly-strung wife Camélia (Tilda Swinton) and his daughter Henriette (Erika Bók). One night while in his viewing tower at the port's rail terminus, Maloin witnesses a fight on the dockside. One of the shady combatants is knocked into the water along with the briefcase he carries; when the other flees the dark quayside, Maloin makes a clandestine descent from the tower and retrieves the briefcase, which he finds full of sodden English banknotes. Maloin conceals the money and tells no-one of what he has seen. The next morning, he visits a tavern where he plays chess with the barkeep (Gyula Pauer). On his way home, he stops by the butcher's where his daughter works, and finds to his indignation that they have her washing the floor. Later, from the window of his apartment, he notices Brown (János Derzsi) watching him from below. At dinner, Maloin is increasingly irascible, addressing Henriette brusquely and arguing with Camélia. Meanwhile Brown searches the water at the dock's edge without success before noticing the watchtower overlooking the quayside, and Maloin within.
Off Beat (2004)
, 1h40Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Matthias Schweighöfer, Jessica Schwarz, Florian Lukas, Bibiana Beglau, Volker Spengler, Rosel Zech
Roles Hundemann
Rating70%
Paramedic Paul (Matthias Schweighöfer) is working without end, even though he is no longer happy there. He is emotionally cold. Only his dreams provide some happiness: Again and again he sees the same woman. But unfortunately these are just dreams. And then one day the pregnant November (Jessica Schwarz) is in front of him - and her boyfriend is on the floor with an overdose.
The Ogre (1996)
, 1h58Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Political films
Actors John Malkovich, Agnès Soral, Volker Spengler, Marianne Sägebrecht, Gottfried John, Heino Ferch
Roles Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Rating67%
Abel Tiffauges (Malkovich) is a simple Frenchman at the start of World War II, who loves animals and children. The first part of the film recalls his childhood at a Catholic school for boys, in where he wishes to Saint Christopher that the school, which he sees as a prison, is burned down. By irony of fate, while Abel is being disciplined for spilling lamp oil on the chapel floor, his friend Nestor accidentally sets fire to the building, burning it down as he wished. From that day on, Abel is convinced that fate is on his side, and that it will protect him from anything.
The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
, 1h3Directed by Christoph Schlingensief
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Actors Udo Kier, Volker Spengler, Irm Hermann
Roles Hank
Rating49%
Allemagne, 1990. La chute du Mur de Berlin éclot sur la réunification allemande des deux Allemagnes jusqu'ici séparés, les Allemands de l'est pouvant enfin se mêler à ceux de l'ouest. Mais cette intégration n'est pas du goût de tout le monde. Certains y voient comme l'invasion d'anciens habitants de l'ex République Démocratique Allemande. Cette invasion pacifique plonge une famille de bouchers de la République fédérale Allemande dans une frénésie meurtrière que rien n'arrête : dans la cuisine abandonnée d'un hôtel, elle assassine ceux qui traversent l'ancien mur, soit leurs anciens ennemis les anciens citoyens de la RDA...
Veronika Voss (1982)
, 1h44Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry
Actors Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Annemarie Düringer, Doris Schade, Erik Schumann, Günther Kaufmann
Roles 1. Regisseur
Rating75%
The film is loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz and is influenced by Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard.
, 14h54Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Bata Kameni, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Karin Baal
Roles Bruno
Rating83%
1: The Punishment Begins Berlin, 1928. Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida’s sister. Minna succumbs to his forceful advances. In a flashback we see Franz kill Ida with a cream whip after correctly suspecting she was about to leave him. Franz later runs into his old friend Meck and has a drink with him in Max’s bar, a local place. There he meets Lina Przybilla, a young Polish woman, who moves in with him. He receives notification from the Berlin Police that he is barred from living in certain Berlin districts and surrounding municipalities, under the threat of a fine or imprisonment, Biberkopf places himself under the supervision of a charity called Prisoners' Aid, to which he must report once a month, and remain in employment. By doing this, he is able to remain in Berlin.
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
, 2hDirected by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films about marriage
Actors Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Roles Train Conductor
Rating76%
The film starts in Germany in 1943. During an Allied bombing raid Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries the soldier Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch). After "half a day and a whole night" together, Hermann returns to the front. Postwar, Maria is told that Hermann has been killed. Maria starts work as a hostess in a bar frequented by American soldiers. She has a relationship with an African-American soldier Bill (George Byrd), who supports her and gives her nylon stockings and cigarettes. She becomes pregnant by Bill.
The Third Generation (1979)
, 1h45Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Bulle Ogier, Harry Baer, Günther Kaufmann
Roles August
Rating67%
P.J. Lurz, an industrialist with an office in a Berlin high-rise, informs his American headquarters that the company has difficulty selling its security-related computer systems to the West German government in Bonn. Nevertheless Lurz has hatched a secret plan to boost sales. Meanwhile Susanne, Lurz’s secretary, receives a phone call with the message: The world as will and idea. This is a code phrase among a secret group of thirty-something middle-class leftists and would-be terrorists to which she belongs. The phrase has been taken from the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation. With these words, Susanne sets an ambiguous covert plot into motion, alerting the members of the terrorist cell of an upcoming meeting. They are: August Brem, the ringleader; Susanne's composer husband Edgar; feminist history professor Hilde Krieger; Petra Vielhabor, a housewife who is constantly arguing with her banker husband Hans; and Rudolf Mann, a clerk in a record store.
Despair (1978)
, 1h59Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Alexander Allerson
Roles Ardalion
Rating68%
Hermann Hermann is a successful entrepreneur in the 1930s Germany. As the Nazis gradually rise to power, Hermann, who is a Russian émigré, becomes increasingly frightened and mentally unstable. His attempts at leaving the country are accompanied by symptoms of madness, the most vivid being his belief that he found his exact double, although the person in question differs from him in every respect. He creates an elaborate plan that would allow him to flee to Switzerland, but it soon becomes unclear whether his voyage leads him to a neutral country or merely allows him to take refuge in his madness.
In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
, 2h4Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Karl Scheydt, Eva Mattes, Günther Kaufmann
Roles Elvira Weishaupt
Rating73%
The film recounts the last few days in the life of Elvira (Volker Spengler), a transsexual woman formerly known as Erwin. After being beat up for trying to buy sex in a park, she returns home to her longtime lover Christoph (Karl Scheydt), who's been away for six weeks. Christoph abuses her verbally and physically, and when he announces he's leaving for good, she desperately tries to stop him, only to be rescued by her friend Zora (Ingrid Caven). We watch as Elvira and Zora visit a slaughterhouse and the orphanage where Elvira grew up, and her later contacts with her family and former lover Anton Saitz (Gottfried John), as she attempts to come to terms with the consequences of her decision to change her sex.
Chinese Roulette (1977)
, 1h36Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, Anna Karina, Brigitte Mira, Macha Méril, Alexander Allerson
Roles Gabriel Kast
Rating71%
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, are packing before going off for the weekend, which each intends to spend abroad. While they are away their twelve-year-old daughter Angela, who is disabled and walks with crutches, has to remain home under the care of her governess, Traunitz. Actually, the couple have lied about their travel intentions. Convinced that his wife and daughter will be elsewhere, Gerhard takes his longtime mistress Irene Cartis — a French hairdresser — on a weekend tryst to the family's country house.
The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
, 3h21Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kurt Raab, Karl Scheydt, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Volker Spengler, Gustl Bayrhammer
Roles Mangst
Rating69%
En Bavière, le chef de gare Bolwieser est marié à une belle jeune femme qui a beaucoup de succès auprès des hommes. Elle fait de son mari la risée de la ville lorsqu'elle prend pour amant le boucher, avant de s'éprendre du coiffeur.
Satan’s Brew (1976)
, 1h52Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Ulli Lommel
Roles Ernst Kranz
Rating66%
Walter Kranz (Kurt Raab), a former revolutionary poet who attempts to base his life on that of Stefan George is lost for new ideas and penniless. Fortunately he can obtain a cheque from nymphomaniac Irmgart von Witzleben (Katharine Buchhammer) who wants to be threatened by a gun. Walter fires and disappears. Some more obscure things happen but in the end everybody is back on stage.
, 1h43Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm, Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Gottfried John
Roles Photograph
Rating74%
Emma Küsters (Mira), a working-class woman, lives in Frankfurt with her son and daughter-in-law. While she is doing outreach work assembling electric plugs, Frau Küsters learns that her husband Hermann (a tire-factory worker for twenty years) has killed his supervisor and then committed suicide. It later becomes apparent that Mr. Küsters had become temporarily insane after hearing layoff announcements.