Curiosidades de Rainer Werner Fassbinder

'The Marriage of Maria Braun' (1979) was his most successful movie.

Fassbinder made 41 movies in 13 years.

German director was a huge fan of Douglas Sirk.

His death is often considered to mark the end of New German Cinema.

A year before his death, listed these as his ten favorite films: 'The Damned' (1969), 'The Naked and the Dead' (1958), 'Lola Montès' (1955), 'Flamingo Road' (1949), 'Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom' (1975), 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953), 'Fatalidade' (1931), 'The Night of the Hunter' (1955), 'Johnny Guitar' (1954), 'Kalina krasnaya' (1974).

He is buried in the graveyard of the Church of St Georg, Bogenhausen, Munich. The interior of the church is used in a key scene in Michelangelo Antonioni's 'The Passenger' (1975).