The Stationmaster's Wife

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DVD Details

  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 9, 2005
  • Originally Released: 1977
  • Label: New Yorker Films

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 563
Rating: 2/5 -- A misanthropic fairy tale so lushly designed and photographed it seems to have been conceived in a fever dream.
New York Times
Jan 16, 2005
Fassbinder crafts a fascinating examination of passion and pettiness, with Elisabeth Trissenaar's powerhouse performance at its potent core. Full Review
Paste Magazine
Feb 9, 2006
Rating: B+ -- Follows along the Sirkian themes of dissecting the petit bourgeois. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dec 18, 2005
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. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 1, 2000
...It seems to have been conceived in a fever dream....Trissenaar's Hanni is a fascinating creature...
New York Times
Jan 12, 1983
Rating: 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. Full Review
Slant Magazine
Oct 4, 2005
Rating: C+ -- And, despite the fluidity of the filmmaking, The Stationmaster's Wife is an awful lot of misery in just one sitting. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 27, 2018

Product Description:

Boredom drives the wife of a rural train stationmaster into a series of affairs--and drives a wedge through their decaying marriage.

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  • UPC: 717119563547
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