German thesp Klaus Lowitsch, whose eclectic TV and film career included starring roles in a number of films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as well as Sam Peckinpah’s WWII action pic “Cross of Iron,” died ...

Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm. He appeared in several films directed ...

The best new sci-fi released into in movie theaters so far this year isn’t new -- in fact, it’s nearly 40 years old...and from German TV. is a 1973 miniseries, never seen here before, adapted by the ...

Two huge new movies are releasing this weekend — Wicked and Gladiator II — but that's not all. Click to see all the new movies opening to decide which to see. Mother of slain 'Rust' cinematographer ...

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The film that elevated German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder from domestic approbation to international acclaim, The Marriage of Maria Braun stars the directors on-and-off favorite actress Hanna ...

It is World War II, and bombs are dropping all around. This is when Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch) and Maria (Hanna Schygulla) get married. They have one single night together before the husband must ...

Who knew that part of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's vast legacy was a science fiction film? "World on a Wire" was made in 1973 for German television, and its plot turns on the invention of what we would ...