Watch Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) Online

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. Read More

Watch Pioneers in Ingolstadt online. Featuring Hanna Schygulla and Harry Baer, Pioneers in Ingolstadt is classified as Comedy and Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 5.6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 1971. Pioneers in Ingolstadt was directed by Gunter Krää,Rainer Werner Fassbinder,Gernot Krää. Read Less