The Stationmaster's Wife

The Stationmaster's Wife
The Stationmaster's Wife
Directed by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Based on	Bolwieser: The Novel of a Husband; by Oskar Maria Graf
Produced by	Herbert Knopp; Willi Segler;
Starring	Elisabeth Trissenaar; Kurt Raab; Udo Kier; Volker Spengler; Gottfried John;
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Edited by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Juliane Lorenz; Ila von Hasperg;
Music by	Peer Raben
Production; companies	Bavaria Atelier; Bavaria Film;
Distributed by	Filmverlag der Autoren
Release date	31 July 1977;
Running time	201 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German
Budget	DEM 1.8 million

The Stationmaster's Wife (German: Bolwieser) is a 1977 German television serial directed and edited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It was made for German television and originally aired in 1973 as a two-part miniseries. It was based on the 1931 novel Bolwieser: The Novel of a Husband by Oskar Maria Graf.

The film is about a railroad system manager, Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser (the eponymous Station Master), who is unwittingly cuckolded by the town butcher and a hairdresser. Critic Vincent Canby, in his 1982 New York Times review, said the story, which is set in the fictional Bavarian town of Werburg in the 1920s, was reminiscent of Madame Bovary.^[1]

The 1983 theatrical release was 90 minutes shorter than the 201 minute TV version. The theatrical cut had been finalized and approved in 1977, but the release was postponed due to legal and commercial reasons.^[2]

Notes edit

In the credits, Fassbinder, who edited the film with Juliane Lorenz and Ila von Hasperg, was billed as a cutter under the stage name "Franz Walsch".

References edit

^ Canby, Vincent. "FASSBINDER'S 'STATIONMASTER'S WIFE'". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "The Stationmaster's Wife". Film at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

External links edit

The Stationmaster's Wife at IMDb
The Stationmaster's Wife at Rotten Tomatoes
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Bolwieser (1977) – Documentary (FRsubs) (9:53) on YouTube
Bolwieser (TV) page at Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation
Bolweiser a review by Roger Ebert

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[FASSBINDER'S_'STATIONMASTER'S_WIFE'-1] Canby, Vincent. "FASSBINDER'S 'STATIONMASTER'S WIFE'". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[Stationmaster's_Wife-2] "The Stationmaster's Wife". Film at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

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