Original Teleculture One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder drama, THE STATIONMASTER’S WIFE (1977) starring Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kurt Raab, and Bernhard Helfrich. The story chronicles a railroad stationmaster and petty Nazi Party official (Raab) who not only has a secure and respectable job but also is married to the most desirable woman in town (Trissenaar). After tolerating numerous humiliations for her husband, she begins to have numerous affairs with her husband’s friends. Originally made as a two-part German TV mini-series, the film was re-edited into a shorter theatrical version. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition.

Original German Poster (24×33) for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder crime comedy, DIE DRITTE GENERATION (1979) starring Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, and Margit Carstensen. The story revolves around a mogul who funds terrorists to boost his security sytems sales and also cause the government to resort to more authoritarian measures to counter the violence. The film is critical of the bourgeois values of both the industrialists and the terrorists. Besides the weird visual quality of the interior scenes, the soundtrack has a constant drone of TV news coverage in the background, which competes with the dialogue at every turn. The film reflects Fassbinder’s increasing alienation from violent leftist groups in Germany. This original German poster is rolled and in very fine plus condition.

Original United Artists Mini Poster (11×17) for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder drama, THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1979) starring Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, and Gisela Uhlen. The film chronicles the life of a young German woman married to a soldier in the waning days of World War II and continuing after the war. Indeed, the film offers intimate insight into what life was really like in Germany from 1945 to roughly 1970. These mini posters were distributed at screenings and are, therefore, rare and unusual to find. This original German mini poster is folded and in very fine plus condition.

QUERELLE (1982) is a complicated story. It’s summarized well here:

http://www.fassbinderfoundation.de/en/filme_detail.php?id=45

This is an unusual edition of the German one sheet which was prepared in three different editions. This is the “blue” edition. While this poster is not the original German poster, it does sell well for about a third of what the German one sheet sells for. This copy is unfolded and in very fine condition. Art by Andy Warhol.