"Bolviser" - a movie , a two-part television movie . A film adaptation of the work by Oscar Maria Graf .
| Bolviser | |
|---|---|
| Bolwieser | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Producer | Herbert Knopp |
| Author script | Rainer Werner Fassbinder based on the novel by Oscar Maria Graf |
| In the main cast | Kurt Raab Elizabeth Trissenar |
| Operator | Michael Ballhouse |
| Composer | Peer Raben |
| Film company | Bayern Atelier GmbH commissioned by ZDF |
| Duration | 206 minutes |
| Budget | 1.8 million marks |
| A country |  Germany |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1977 |
| IMDb | ID 0075776 |
Story
The town of Verburg in Upper Bavaria in the twenties. The head of the train station, Xaver Bolviser ( Kurt Raab ), will marry the daughter of the owner of the brewery Hanni ( Elizabeth Trissenar ). Sexually dependent on her, he implicitly obeys all her orders and slavishly fulfills all desires. Apparent harmony is broken when Hanni makes lovers - first the former classmate of innkeeper Merkl ( Bernhard Helfrich ), and then the hairdresser Schafftaler ( Udo Kir ), whom she also uses for business purposes. Bolviser refuses to accept reality and even gives false testimony to protect his wife from the rumors of neighbors. When Hanni leaves the innkeeper and demands that he return the loaned money, he sues Bolviser, and he goes to jail for four years. After leaving prison, he finds shelter with a ferryman ( Gerhard Zwerenz ) and, when he suddenly dies, he performs his work in the end.
Cast
- Kurt Raab - Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolviser , Station Manager
- Elizabeth Trissenar - Hanni , his wife
- Bernhard Helfrich - Frank Merkle , butcher and innkeeper
- Udo Kir - Schafftaler , hairdresser
- Volker Spengler - Mangst Secretary
- Armin Mayer - Scherber , graduate student
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel - Windegger
- Gustl Bayerhammer - Nidhart , father of Hanni
Links
- Bolviser on the Internet Movie Database
- Bolviser (English) on the site allmovie
- "Bolviser" on the site VideoGuide