Bolwieser (The Stationmaster's Wife) (1976)
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50% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
71% of users liked it
(552 ratings)
This drama is set in Bavaria prior to Hitler's rise to power and chronicles the many affairs of a stationmaster's bored wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 31, 1977 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 27, 2005
Critic Reviews
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
A misanthropic fairy tale so lushly designed and photographed it seems to have been conceived in a fever dream.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
When Rainer Werner Fassbinder is good, he is very, very good. And when he is bad, he makes Bolweiser.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The lack of narrative rhythm in the film's present form makes it a grueling experience even for those sympathetic to Fassbinder's enervated view of the world.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Follows along the Sirkian themes of dissecting the petit bourgeois.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
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.
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