AfilmversionofaplayFassbinderdirectedinHamburg,ClareBoothLuce's"TheWomen".ItgaveFassbinderanopportunitytoindulgehispassionforworkingwithwomen-therearefortywomenintheplayandnomen.　　Theplaydatesfromthe1930s,andFassbinderwasaccusedbythecriticsofbeinganti-women(afrequentcriticismoflate).Asusual,hechosetowork"against"thetext,andfromthishasconstructedanentertainingandengagingplayaboutlovebetweenupper-classwomenwithnothingbettertodothansneeratotherswhenthingsgowrongwiththeirlivesandloves.