Liebe ist Kälter als der Tod (Love Is Colder Than Death)

Liebe ist Kälter als der Tod (Love Is Colder Than Death) (1969)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (954 ratings)

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… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 26, 1969 Wide
On DVD
Jun 10, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    The makings of a powerful filmmaker are clearly in evidence.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    The attitudinizing New Wave thriller is turned into narcotized tableaux

  • Robert Pardi, TV Guide's Movie Guide

    This film is too stylized and protracted to interest the average crime-movie fan. It's recommended only for Fassbinder completists.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Incredibly assured debut film.

  • Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

    These disquieting moments evoke a strange and complex sexual relationship between the film's characters bound to end in ravishing betrayals.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Fassbinder was a fascinating character, I really admire his 'Grab a camera and lets go shoot a movie' attitude. I feel it has been mistaken by a few reviews as pure amateurish film-making but I think that is slightly unfair. Love is colder than water is one of his first but… More

  • Arash X


    Fassbinder's austere & stark debut, Feel the coldness & the blankness & of course beware of a jealous whore!! I actually liked this a bit better than Godard's Breathless

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