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