Schwarzenberger, Xaver 1946-

Berlin Alexanderplatz einen film in 13 teilen und einem epilog ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in German and held by 463 libraries worldwide
After spending four years in prison for killing his girlfriend, lumbering man-child Franz Biberkopf is finally released back into society. He wants to stay honest now he has left jail, but it is tough in the Alexanderplatz section of Berlin. After failing to succeed in several 'regular' jobs, he falls in with some old cohorts and an on-again, off-again association with thugs. Post-war society is crumbling, and it appears that nothing will bring it back. Originally made for television, Berlin Alexanderplatz is a prototype for the modern long-form drama, grandfather to Tony and the Sopranos.

The BRD trilogy Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, Lola ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in German and held by 426 libraries worldwide
In 1978 Rainer Werner Fassbinder embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of 3 remarkable women. The 3 films would garner him the international acclaim for which he had always yearned and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema.

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss Veronika Voss ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in German and held by 200 libraries worldwide
Once the toast of Germany, Veronika Voss had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. Playing to an increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life. Her self-destruction is accelerated by her Dr. Katz, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control of the actress's money and property. A well-meaning sportswriter tries to save Veronika from herself, sacrificing his own personal happiness - and the life of his girlfriend Cornelia Froeboess - in the process. Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories, Veronika Voss is the second of Fassbinder's "postwar trilogy" (the others are The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola).

Lola ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in German and held by 200 libraries worldwide
Part of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Entire History of the German Federal Republic trilogy. Lola, a seductive cabaret singer and dancer in the 1950s, is romantically involved with Von Bohm, a morally upright building inspector. Recently appointed Building Commissioner, Von Bohm is committed to eradicating corruption. Consequently, he's given quite a shock when he is called into inspect the brothel where Lola works and discovers her there. With that, Von Bohm is left to question whether he is more loyal to the woman he loves so passionately or the career he believes in so strongly. The other entries in the trilogy are Veronika Voss and The Marriage of Maria Braun.

The BRD trilogy the supplements ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in German and held by 174 libraries worldwide
This supplemental disc chronicles the career of international film director Rainer Fassbinder.

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1982 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 99 libraries worldwide
"Originally Die Sehnsucht de Veronika Voss, this Rainer Werner Fassbinder spin on Sunset Boulevard stars Rosel Zech as film actress Veronika Voss. Once the toast of Germany, Veronika had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. But the Third Reich is dead...and Veronika may as well be. Playing to an increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life. Her self-destruction is accelerated by her "Doctor Feelgood" Annemaire Duringer, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control of the actress's money and property. Well-meaning sportswriter Hilmar Thate tries to save Veronika from herself, sacrificing his own personal happiness -- and the life of his girlfriend Cornelia Froeboess -- in the process. Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories, Veronika Voss is the last of Fassbinder's "postwar trilogy" (the first two were The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola). "--www.Allmovie.com

Lili Marleen ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 79 libraries worldwide
The story of two star-crossed lovers, a German singer and a Jewish composer during World War II.

Mitridate re di Ponto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1992 and 2008 in Italian and English and held by 66 libraries worldwide

Querelle a film about Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 46 libraries worldwide
Fassbinder's final film; a stylized, delirious interpretation of Genet's story of a proud and tough loner, the sailor Querelle who becomes involved in drug smuggling, homosexual adventures, and murder. Originally shot in English; also released in a German-dubbed print as "Querelle--ein pakt mit dem Teufel."

Lola ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in German and held by 39 libraries worldwide
Fassbinder updated The Blue Angel to Bavaria in the 1950s with a nightclub hostess seducing a pillar of the community - the building commissioner - with intent. She is 'owned' by a sleazy building profiteer busily accruing credit amidst the corruption of reconstruction in Adenauer's Germany. "The prostitution metaphors come undiluted from early Godard, the poster-art visuals from the magnificent melodramas of Sirk and Minnelli, the provocations are all Fassbinder's own" (Paul Taylor).