Women in New York

Women in New York

111 mins | Drama, TV Movie | June 21, 1977

The main characters in this film are wives of rich men who have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the hairdresser, the manicurist, the governess, the teacher, the tailor etc. – who work for them. Naturally, the wives themselves do not pursue careers, they depend on their husbands’ money. This is why most of their thoughts revolve around the husband. And because the husband only appears as “the” man, there is no man in this film. All women fight for the same man. Those who have one, want to keep him no matter what. And those who do not have one yet only have one goal: To take away somebody else’s husband.

Women in New York

111 mins | Drama, TV Movie | June 21, 1977

Women in New York
The main characters in this film are wives of rich men who have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the hairdresser, the manicurist, the governess, the teacher, the tailor etc. – who work for them. Naturally, the wives themselves do not pursue careers, they depend on their husbands’ money. This is why most of their thoughts revolve around the husband. And because the husband only appears as “the” man, there is no man in this film. All women fight for the same man. Those who have one, want to keep him no matter what. And those who do not have one yet only have one goal: To take away somebody else’s husband.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers NDR
Original title Frauen in New York
Directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Clare Boothe Luce

Cast

Eva Mattes

as Edith

Margit Carstensen

as Sylvia Fowler

Christa Berndl

as Mary Haines

Barbara Sukowa

as Crystal Allen

Gisela Uhlen

as Mrs. Morehead/ Comtesse de Lage

Irm Hermann

as Maniküre Olga/ Miriam

Andrea Grosske

as Hauslehrerin Miss Fordyce/ Putzfrau Luca/ Köchin Maggie/ Witwe

Doris Schade

as Doris /