Chinese Roulette is a harsh and cynical work of frightening accuracy. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Chinese Roulette is one of the most emotionally flat and inscrutable films I've ever seen. As Angela seemingly holds an entire household in the grip of her hand, Fassbinder repeatedly questions the various power dynamics at work here. With this film, Fassbinder got the opportunity to work not only with members of his regular informal repertory company including Ulli Lommel. W. Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs and writes a bleak psychological drama which was made after Fassbinder let go of his regular actor troupe. Made after Fassbinder disbanded his 'stock company' of actors, Chinese Roulette is quite different from his earlier bourgeois satires. . "Chinese Roulette", directed by R. The film plays as a. Ruleta china (Ruleta rusa en algunas traducciones) es una película escrita y dirigida por el director alemán Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A documentary by Thomas Honickel, with testimonies by Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann and. fassbinder wiki. Su título original es. Fassbinder (), is kind of a minimalist work, and, as it turns out, the quite right surrounding for a very special form.