Love Is Colder Than Death

Love Is Colder Than Death

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Produced by Antiteater-X-Film

197088 min6.2 / 10

A morally murky crime drama about desire and coercion in the underworld, where love and violence blur into an ambiguous, melancholic entanglement.

Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he has refused to join.

Questions people ask

  • Does Love Is Colder Than Death end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Love Is Colder Than Death sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Love Is Colder Than Death easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Love Is Colder Than Death scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Love Is Colder Than Death violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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