Bolwieser (The Stationmaster's Wife) (1976)

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

Critic Reviews

Vincent Canby, New York Times
A misanthropic fairy tale so lushly designed and photographed it seems to have been conceived in a fever dream.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
When Rainer Werner Fassbinder is good, he is very, very good. And when he is bad, he makes Bolweiser.
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.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Follows along the Sirkian themes of dissecting the petit bourgeois.
Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Love hurts. Fassbinder's often misunderstood study is magnificently excruciating.
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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