Editing Rainer Werner Fassbinder (section)

====''The Stationmaster's Wife'' (1977)====
There are no happy endings in Fassbinder's films. His protagonists, usually weak men or women with masochistic tendencies, pay a heavy price for their victimization. ''[[The Stationmaster's Wife]]'' (''Bolwieser'') is based on a 1931 novel, ''Bolwieser: The Novel Of a Husband'' by the Bavarian writer [[Oskar Maria Graf]]. The plot follows the downfall of Xaver Bolwieser, a railway stationmaster submitted to the will of his domineering and unfaithful wife, whose repeated infidelities completely ruin Bolwieser's life. Broadcast initially as a two-part television series, ''The Stationmaster's Wife'' was shortened to a 112-minute feature film and released in the first anniversary of Fassbinder's death. The film stars [[Kurt Raab]], Fassbinder's close friend whom the director usually cast as a pathetic man. Raab was also set designer of Fassbinder's films until their friendship and professional relationship broke up after making this film.<ref>{{harv|Watson|1996|pp=206–207}}</ref>