The film's title, "Love Is Colder Than Death", also became the title of a biography of the film's writer-director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "Love Is Colder Than Death: The Life and Times of Rainer Werner Fassbinder" was written by Robert Katz and first published in 1987.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder performs a number of different roles on this film. Fassbinder was writer, director, an actor, editor and a co-production designer.