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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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Oct 4, 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) Sep 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 Feb 9, 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 Dec 18, 2005
B+
Follows along the Sirkian themes of dissecting the petit bourgeois. Go to Full Review
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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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The Stationmaster's Wife

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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
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