The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
July 31, 1977Release Date
The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
July 31, 1977Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Hanni Bolwieser
Kurt Raab
Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master / Production Design
Bernhard Helfrich
Franz Merkl
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Windegger
Volker Spengler
Mangst
Gustl Bayrhammer
Neidhart
Udo Kier
Schafftaler
Peter Kern
Treuberger
Willy Harlander
Schempflinger
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Käser
Elma Karlowa
Krankenschwester
Alexander Allerson
Vorsitzender
Nino Korda
Rechtsanwalt
Margot Mahler
2.Animierdame
Maria Singer
Frau Neidhart
Helmut Alimonta
Hartmannseder
Armin Meier
Scherber
Ulrich Radke
Justizrat Schneider
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director / Writer / Editor
Ila von Hasperg
Editor
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Nicolaus Kehrhahn
Production Design
Willi Segler
Producer
Jochen Schumacher
Production Design
Herbert Knopp
Producer
Klaus Maier
Sound Designer
Werner Böhm
Sound Designer
Milan Bor
Sound Designer
Brigitte Raupach-Goeckel
Makeup Artist
Fritz Seyfried
Makeup Artist
Hans Joachim Richter
Sound Designer
Oskar Maria Graf
Novel
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 31, 1977
Original NameBolwieser
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Genres
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Wiki.
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.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.