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Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Dietrich Lohmann

88 min62 frames

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Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: closeup — A woman is positioned inside a vehicle interior with light fabric textures visible behind…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — A dark, modern concrete building features an entrance labeled with German text. A woman…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: closeup — A wall with a light switch and a hanging circular decorative object. The woman stands…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: closeup — An extreme close-up focuses on a person's eyes and the bridge of their nose. The subject…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — A man stands before a white paneled door with diagonal structural supports. He is positioned…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: wide — A sparse, minimalist room features plain white walls and a stone tile floor. Two men sit in…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: wide — A stone building with large arched windows and a central clock above the doors. Two men in…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — The interior of a vehicle seen from the perspective of the back seat. A man and a woman sit…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: fullbody — A paved path runs through a sparse landscape with bare trees and distant buildings. Three…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: fullbody — A woman stands against a stark, featureless white wall in a minimalist space. She stands…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — A man in a trench coat and fedora stands before a bright white window. The translucent…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — A man stands against a plain white wall in a sterile indoor setting. He wears a fedora hat…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: fullbody — A stone-paved public square features a central tiered fountain surrounded by bare winter…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: medium — A woman stands against a white door in a minimally furnished room. The background wall is…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: closeup — An interior space features a plain white wall and a white paneled door. A young woman with…Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) movie still: wide — A sparsely furnished room with two windows and white walls serves as the backdrop. Three people…
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What is Love Is Colder Than Death about?

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.

Where can you watch Love Is Colder Than Death?

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What does the cinematography of Love Is Colder Than Death look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, Love Is Colder Than Death builds its coverage from medium shots (58% of the sample), with wide compositions (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann keeps 47% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of Love Is Colder Than Death?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) are #fafafa, #cccccc, #020202, #acacac, #494949, #858585 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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