The trained woman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The trained woman |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Hofbauer |
| script | Günther Heller |
| production | Wolf C. Hartwig |
| music | Gert Wilden |
| camera | Klaus Werner |
| cut | Herbert Taschner |
| occupation | |
and Anke Syring as a reporter on the street | |
The Trained Woman is a German reportage-style soft sex film from 1972 by Ernst Hofbauer .
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"People like you and me. Men and women. Common hopes, common disappointments, common rights and duties. The law guarantees: men and women have equal rights! But is it you? We claim: No! We claim: man and woman are in a relentless battle of the sexes! Be it at work, in society, in the family, in sex life. We further claim that women have no chance in this fight! The man rules her, he subjugates her, he makes her his slave - in every area of his life. The much-cited equality is a modern dream. It does not exist in the coexistence of men and women! ”With these introductory theses Hofbauer begins his attempt to deal with the role of women in modern society in the Federal Republic of Germany.
On the basis of individual stories, an attempt is made to examine the complicated network of relationships between men and women and their mutual dependencies and to investigate which of the oppressive mechanisms between the sexes described or claimed in the two underlying non-fiction books (see below: interesting facts) still apply today and applied. Ultimately, the question of power arises in the always highly complex relationship between women and men. This sexual report insinuates that the problem begins with the birth of a person: From the very young age, gender-specific role behavior in society - initially by father and mother - is exemplified and trained. As a result, the boys are encouraged to assert themselves on the playground when dealing with their peers, while the girls are expected to adopt different, “gentler” and “more feminine” approaches.
For example, there is the student and hobby mechanic Hanni, an intelligent girl who, as a nerd, is pushed into an outsider role by her classmates. But since she is out for the boys' acceptance, the previously inconspicuous girl adapts to the male expectations and lets herself be made into a Lolita, which turns the head of the hormone-laden idiots. She knows how to use the guy's weaknesses, which are determined by juvenile lust, to her advantage and thus still reach her goal. Another case study is an event in a tenement house: The loyal German philistine Paul forbids his wife, who manages the household completely alone, to buy a dishwasher, with which she would like to relieve herself a little. One day the housewife is fed up and packs her bags. Paul, at home alone, is now completely on his own and completely helpless. Soon there will be chaos in his four walls. Another case study shows a woman who is extremely annoyed by the loud sex moans of her roommate, especially since his roommates arouse her. She tries to counteract her rising frustration with a vibrator, but then, to make matters worse, the good piece gives up the ghost. A technician is needed! Although he repairs the trembling bone quickly, he proves to the single customer that his own meat is quite capable of giving her much more real and better pleasures. In the last episode, a smug conductor finds himself in dire straits, but is finally saved by his once “trained” wife. The individual episodes are loosened up by (presumably asked) street interviews.
Production notes
The trained woman was created in the spring of 1972, passed the FSK on June 2 of the same year and was premiered on June 22, 1972.
Peter Rothe designed the film structures, Ludwig Spitaler was in charge of production.
useful information
The film title refers to a "scandal book" that was hotly debated in the German public in 1971 - Esther Vilars Der trained Mann , published by Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1971. The book Die trained Frau by Hannelore Schütz and Ursula von Kardorff appeared as a counter thesis . The film title alludes to this debate.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film saw in the film a work "which is not about education, but about pseudo-critical amusement about sex and role behavior."
Web links
- The trained women in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The trained woman at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The trained woman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 12, 2018 .