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The Stationmaster's Wife

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A woman (Elisabeth Trissenaar) destroys her civil-servant husband (Kurt Raab) by adultery during Hitler's rise in Germany.

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Lawrence O'Toole Entertainment Weekly 04/27/2018
C+
And, despite the fluidity of the filmmaking, The Stationmaster's Wife is an awful lot of misery in just one sitting. Go to Full Review Michael Blowen Boston Globe 04/27/2018
"The Stationmaster's Wife" lacks the visual vitality, originality and dramatic force of his other films. Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce Slant Magazine 10/04/2005
4/4
The film is often compared to Madame Bovary, but the overall effect is closer to that of Von Sternberg's The Devil is a Woman. Go to Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) 09/10/2022
The Stationinasier’s Wife is too cold to be moving or even very interesting after a point. Go to Full Review Tim Sheridan Paste Magazine 02/09/2006
Fassbinder crafts a fascinating examination of passion and pettiness, with Elisabeth Trissenaar's powerhouse performance at its potent core. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/18/2005
B+
Follows along the Sirkian themes of dissecting the petit bourgeois. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/23/2011 The 111min film version I saw on dvd is the shorter theatrical version of a 201min tv mini-series which would've probably been even more excruciating to sit through. Having now seen 18 of his nearly 40 films, I have to say that this boorish Bovary-esque tale is easily my least favorite film from one of my favorite directors. If you're just being introduced to his works, I'd recommend that you start with something like Ali: Fear Eats the Soul instead. Fassbinder has made a number of films which are definitely worth seeing if you're interested in foreign films, but I'd say that this one is for die-hard Fassbinder fans working their way through his filmography. See more 05/20/2009 Dolor absoluto, de principio a fin. See more 06/05/2007 This is about how your wife lies to you. See more 03/26/2007 RWFassbinders erotic drama of a cuckolded stationmaster & his insatiable wife. Sexy & quite sad. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Kurt Raab

Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Hanni Bolwieser

Bernhard Helfrich

Franz Merkl

Gustl Bayrhammer

Neidhard - Hanni's Father

Udo Kier

Schafftaler

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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman (Elisabeth Trissenaar) destroys her civil-servant husband (Kurt Raab) by adultery during Hitler's rise in Germany.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer
Willi Segler, Herbert Knopp
Screenwriter
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Oskar Maria Graf
Production Co
Bavaria Atelier GmbH
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 1977, Original
Runtime
1h 51m