I Only Want You To Love Me (Ich will doch nur, da ihr mich liebt) ‘The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.’ Henry David ThoreauConstruction worker Peter recounts his sorry tale from prison. Kind and hard working he builds his parents a house. They reciprocate with emotional abuse. He goes to Munich to work, bringing his wife who is soon pregnant. He works hard, they buy things on credit. He tries to fill the emotional void with material goods but his spending habits lead him into a spiral of debt and pressures mount. Finally he snaps. Made for German television... in 1976, during a pause from filming feature Satan’s Brew, I Only Want You To Love Me is based on a true account taken from For Life (Lebenslaenglich), a book of interviews edited by Klaus Antes and Christiane Erhardt. Made when Fassbinder was going through a professional crisis I Only Want You To Love Me is a very personal reflection of his own childhood and adolescence. Extras: Documentary ‘Of Love and Constraints’ (60 minutes) Image Gallery [show more]
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder writes and directs this 1970s drama about a man whose only wish is to find love. After a difficult upbringing with unaffectionate parents who are ungrateful even when he builds them a house, Peter (Vitus Zeplichal) looks for love with his bride-to-be, Erika (Elke Aberle). They move to Munich and he tries to make a life for them but soon he is out of his depth in debt. When he finally reaches breaking point, the results are disastrous.
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