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Peer Raben

Peer Raben

Composer and actor, also producer · Died January 21, 2007, aged 66 · Viechtafell, Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany

Peer Raben (born Wilhelm Rabenbauer, 3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer who worked with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 3, 1940
Died
January 21, 2007 (aged 66)
From
Viechtafell, Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany
Works as
Composer and actor, also producer
Titles
25 on Motif · 72 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are Peer Raben's films like?

Across their 23 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Motif score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Motif score: 65th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Motif score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
24%
Self
23%
Morality
14%
Society
14%
Survival
11%
Bonds
10%
Ideas
5%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 5 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 12 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 9

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
11
Dread
7
Cold
6
Other
10

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic8
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peer Raben's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 25 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peer Raben's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

72 credits, 25 with a Motif page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Hand(2020)

    Composer

    Motif score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Eros(2004)

    Composer

    Motif score: 38th percentile of all films

  • 2046(2004)

    Composer

    Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Heimatfilm! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Die Königin - Marianne Hoppe(2000)

    Composer

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Off Season (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Composer

  • Happy Birthday, Türke! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Composer

  • Julius Caesar (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • The Venus Trap(1988)

    Composer

    Motif score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Inside Out (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Tommaso Blu (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Burning Hearts (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press(1984)

    Composer

    Motif score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Cheaters (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Swing(1983)

    Composer

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Embers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • A Woman in Flames (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • Querelle(1982)

    Composer

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Veronika Voss(1982)

    Composer

    Motif score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Today We're Playing Boss (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Director · Composer

  • Day of the Idiots (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Lola(1981)

    Composer

    Motif score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Die Ortliebschen Frauen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Malou (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer · Actor

  • Lili Marleen(1981)

    Composer

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Winterstadt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 14 episodes · Composer · as Ansager

  • Die Jahre vergehen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Purity of Heart (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Ticket of No Return(1979)

    Composer

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Third Generation (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer · as (uncredited)

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun(1979)

    Composer

    Motif score: 96th percentile of all films

  • News from Robber Hotzenplotz (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • In a Year with 13 Moons(1978)

    Composer

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Spiel der Verlierer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Despair(1978)

    Composer

    Motif score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 50/50 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Violanta (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • The Stationmaster’s Wife (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Women in New York (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Chinese Roulette(1976)

    Composer

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Die Alpensaga (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Fear of Fear (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The American Soldier (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer · Producer · Production Manager · Songs · as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Satan's Brew(1976)

    Composer

    Motif score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Shadow of Angels (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • I Only Want You to Love Me (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer · as Salesman

  • Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven(1975)

    Composer

    Motif score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Fox and His Friends(1975)

    Composer

    Motif score: 94th percentile of all films

  • La Paloma (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Tenderness of the Wolves(1973)

    Composer · as Vater

    Motif score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Chetan, Indian Boy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Jail Bait (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Zuschauer beim Tischfußball

  • Adele Spitzeder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    Director · Composer · Writer

  • The Ancestress (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Director · Composer · Screenplay

  • Beware of a Holy Whore(1971)

    Composer

    Motif score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Whity (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer · Producer

  • Mathias Kneißl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Pioneers in Ingolstadt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Rio das Mortes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer · Producer

  • The Niklashausen Journey (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer · as Monsignore

  • Gods of the Plague (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer · Production Manager

  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?(1970)

    Composer · Producer · Production Manager · as Schoolfriend

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Coffee House (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer · as Ridolfo

  • Love Is Colder Than Death(1969)

    Composer · Producer · as Jürgen

    Motif score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Baal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    as Holzfäller mit rotem Hemd

  • Katzelmacher(1969)

    Composer · Producer

    Motif score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)

    as Willi

  • Pandora's Box(1929)

    Composer

    Motif score: 93rd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 70 titles from 1968 to 2021.

Biggest box office

Eros (2004)

$1.6M worldwide

Highest rated

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Motif 96th

Most popular right now

Eros (2004)

Film career

  • 1970Screen debut· Love Is Colder Than Death

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting13 of 70: 3 only acting, 10 with another roleDirecting3 of 70: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 70: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing5 of 70: 0 only producing, 5 with another roleMusic67 of 70: 50 only music, 17 with another role · typical Motif score78thOther crew3 of 70: 0 only other crew, 3 with another role

70 titles, 17 with more than one role — music and acting overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1960s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew1970s38 · 10 acting · 36 crew1980s23 · 2 acting · 23 crew1990s2 · crew2000s4 · crew2020s1 · crew

Billing

usually 14th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Peer Raben's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Motif score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · composer

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984)

72nd percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Motif 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 59/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Peer Raben's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity6 titles37–71 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Peer Raben work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peer Raben's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rainer Werner Fassbinder shares the most, 16.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers