End of the Commune? (1970): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1970, End of the Commune? is a documentary film directed by Joachim von Mengershausen, running about 49 minutes.

What it’s about. "End of the Commune"/"Ende einer kommune" is a great 49 min. long movie made in 1969 about Fassbinder and the early years of the legendary Antiteater he was a member/leader of. You can here see and hear some of the actors he was going to use in his movies for the next years. The movie shows rehearsals for his play "The Coffehouse" which also became a television-movie, and you can watch unique footage from the 19th Film-Festival in Berlin (1969) where "Love is Colder Than Death" were shown. As told in this documentary, his first feature-movie were given a cold shoulder by many of the journalists and visitors at the festival. You can in "End of the Commune" watch Fassbinder and actor Ulli Lommel walk out on stage after the opening of "Love is Colder than Death", while a man in the audience is shouting "Out with the director!". In this interesting documentary Fassbinder also talks a lot about his father which was a respectable doctor.

Who’s in it. End of the Commune? stars Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Himself, Irm Hermann as Herself, Kurt Raab as Himself and Gisela Otto as Herself, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch End of the Commune? page.

If you liked it. Fans of End of the Commune? tend to enjoy One Direction: This Is Us, Burn the Stage: The Movie, BTS World Tour: Love Yourself - Japan Edition and Senna.