Pioneers in Ingolstadt

– German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 24 Minutes
Release Year:
1971
Original Name:
Pioniere in Ingolstadt
Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) - Also known as Pioniere in Ingolstadt

German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, based on the play by Marieluise Fleisser. The film opens as a parade of soldiers are marching through a town square singing patriotic songs. Alma (Irm Hermann) and Berta (Hanna Schygulla) are watching them and musing about their ideas on men and relationships. The soldiers (often referred to as pioneers) have been given the task of building a bridge in the town. Alma seems to understand that the soldiers only want her for short sexual encounters, so she's prepared to live her life accordingly. Meanwhile, romantic Berta falls in love with self-centered soldier Karl (Harry Baer), who all but tells her to get lost. The soldiers get drunk and beat up a random passerby. The women grow to hate Alma for her acceptance of life as a sex object. Naïve Berta is ultimately humiliated.

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Release Date:

19 May 1971

Language:

German

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (teleplay), Marieluise Fleisser (play)

Main Actors:

Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Plot:

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%