---
title: 'Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-is-colder-than-death-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064588/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

1969 · 88 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
Part of: Gangster trilogy

## Synopsis

Love is Colder Than Death is a 1969 West German crime film written, starring, edited and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his feature directorial debut. The film co-stars Ulli Lommel and Hanna Schygulla, both of whom would become regular collaborators of Fassbinder. The plot follows a small-time gangster (Lommel) who is caught in a love-triangle with a sex worker (Schygulla) and her pimp (Fassbinder).

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Screenplay:** [Katrin Schaake](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-schaake), [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Producer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben), [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Editor:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dietrich Lohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-lohmann)

## Cast

- [Hannes Gromball](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-gromball)
- [Kurt Raab](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-raab)
- [Hanna Schygulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-schygulla)
- [Ulli Lommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulli-lommel)
- [Ursula Strätz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-stratz)
- [Ingrid Caven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-caven)
- [Yaak Karsunke](https://cinepixo.com/people/yaak-karsunke)
- [Rudolf Waldemar Brem](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-waldemar-brem)
- [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- [Katrin Schaake](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-schaake)
- [Irm Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/irm-hermann)
- [Hans Hirschmüller](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hirschmuller)
- [Thomas Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-hill)
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling)
- [Gottfried Hüngsberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-hungsberg)

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