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Screenwriter Peter Märthesheimer

Peter Märthesheimer was a producer at Cologne’s public TV station, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, when he met Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1972, commissioned several scripts, and introduced the director to a wider public. As a producer for Bavaria Studios in Munich, he worked with Fassbinder on DESPAIR (1977) and, most notably, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (1980). Märthesheimer, along with psychologist Pea Fröhlich, wrote all three films in Fassbinder’s BRD Trilogy (THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, LOLA, VERONIKA VOSS). This interview was conducted in March 2003 at Märthesheimer’s home in Pullach, near Munich.

Germany/USA 2003 · Interview produced and conducted by Robert Fischer · Camera: Thomas Repp · Sound: Matthias Kulik · Edited by Issa Clubb and Robert Fischer · DVD producer: Issa Clubb · Associate producer: Kate Elmore · Executive producers: Peter Becker, Fumiko Takagi, Jonathan Turell · With Peter Märthesheimer · Production company: The Criterion Collection (New York) · Running time: 33 minutes

PUBLISHED ON THE FOLLOWING DVDS:

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
Lola (D)
The BRD Trilogy (Criterion)