starring
Kurt Raab , Elisabeth Trissenaar
Bolwieser, station-master in a small town near Munich, has a high opinion of himself based largely on his marriage to the beautiful daughter of a brewer. Everyone else in the town knows that his Hanni has been having an affair with the butcher for years.
Then Boiwieser hears some gossip and goes to court to defend his wife's reputation - and starts the ruin of his own.
Screenplay by RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER from the novel by OSKAR MARIA GRAF Directed by RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER .
(A German film with English sub-titles) (First showing on British television) Films: page 9