Armin Meier (actor)

For the Swiss cyclist (born 1969), see Armin Meier.

Armin Meier (1943-1978) was a German actor, best known for his performances in films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

According to the documentary film Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands (2015), directed by Christian Braad Thomsen, Meier was one of Fassbinder's many lovers. Meier killed himself shortly after not being invited to Fassbinder's 33rd birthday party. Meier's body was later found in Fassbinder's apartment.

Filmography

• Fear of Fear (1975) TV movie
• Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975)
• Chinese Roulette (1976)
• Satan's Brew (1976)
• I Only Want You To Love Me (1976) TV movie
• The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) TV movie
• Adolf and Marlene (1977)
• Petty Thieves (1977)
• Spiel der Verlierer (1978)
• Germany in Autumn (1978)
• Despair (1978)
• Flaming Hearts (1978)
• Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands (2015) archive footage

External links

• Armin Meier at IMDB

• "The Bitter Tears of Fassbinder's Women", The Guardian (8 January 1999)