AfilmversionofaplayFassbinderdirectedinHamburg,ClareBoothLuce'sTheWomen.ItgaveFassbinderanopportunitytoindulgehispassionforworkingwithwomen-therearefortywomenintheplayandnomen. Theplaydatesfromthe1930s,andFassbinderwasaccusedbythecriticsofbeinganti-women(afrequentcriticismoflate).Asusual,hechosetoworkagainstthetext,andfromthishasconstructedanentertainingandengagingplayaboutlovebetweenupper-classwomenwithnothingbettertodothansneeratotherswhenthingsgowrongwiththeirlivesandloves.
