VIII: The Sun Warms the Skin, but Burns It Sometimes, Too (Die Sonne wärmt die Haut, die sie manchmal verbrennt). IX: About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few (Von den Ewigkeiten zwischen den Vielen und den Wenigen). X: Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls (Einsamkeit reisst auch in Mauern Risse des Irrsinns). XI: Knowledge Is Power, and the Early Bird Catches the Worm (Wissen ist Macht, und Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund)

• Written by Fassbinder, based on the novel by Alfred Döblin. Photographed by Xavier Schwarzenberger. With Günter Lamprecht, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Barbara Valentin, Hanna Schygulla, Ivan Desny, Volker Spengler. (In German with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Bavaria Film International)

• (Total running time: 240 mins plus intermission)