Editing Rainer Werner Fassbinder (section)

====''Gods of the Plague'' (1970)====
''[[Gods of the Plague]]'' (''Götter der Pest'') is a bleak gangster film with a winter setting, shot mostly indoors and at night. The character of Franz (from Fassbinder's first film, but now played by [[Harry Baer]]) is released from prison, but falls back with the wrong crowd. He teams up with his best friend, a black Bavarian criminal who killed his brother, to raid a supermarket. Both men are betrayed by Franz's jilted lover Joanna who tips off the police. Franz is killed, and the film ends at his laconic funeral.<ref>{{harv|Watson|1996|p=72}}</ref>

Similar in plot and characters to both ''Love is Colder than Death'' (1969) and ''The American Soldier'' (1970), ''Gods of the Plague''{{'}}s theme of homoerotic love would reappear repeatedly in the director's films.<ref>{{harv|Watson|1996|p=73}}</ref>