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.
Credits
Pioneers in Ingolstadt Cast
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Character |
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Ulli Lommel
He was 26, 72 years old when he died
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as Zeck |
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Ulli Lommel
He was 26, 72 years old when he died
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Klaus Löwitsch
He was 35, 66 years old when he died
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as The Sergeant |
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Elga Sorbas
She was 26, 73 years old when she died
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as Marie |
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Rudolf Waldemar Brem
He was 22, 67 years old when he died
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as Fabian |
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Kurt Raab
He was 29, 46 years old when he died
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Irm Hermann
She was 28, now 82 years old
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as Alma |
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Hanna Schygulla
She was 27, now 80 years old
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as Berta |
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Günther Kaufmann
He was 23, 64 years old when he died
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as Max |
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Carla Egerer
She was 28, now 24 years old
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as Frieda |
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Walter Sedlmayr
He was 45, 64 years old when he died
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as Fritz |
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Harry Baer
He was 23, now 77 years old
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as Karl |
Pioneers in Ingolstadt Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Peer Raben as Original Music Composer. He was 30 (66) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Dietrich Lohmann as Director of Photography. He was 28 (54) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Kurt Raab as Production Design. He was 29 (46) years old when He died
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Art |
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Kurt Raab as Producer. He was 29 (46) years old when He died
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Production |
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Gernot Krää as Art Direction. He was 19 (now 72) years old
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Art |
