Pioneers in Ingolstadt

Apparently this was this was the film that put Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the map of international cinema, though his auteur status wouldn't be cemented until a little while later. Unfortunately, Fassbinder seems as bored with his own film as I did watching it. Perhaps because, unlike his other films, this was based on a play. A group of German soldiers (identified as Nazi's only by their uniforms) are building a bridge in Ingolstadt and most of the film is dedicated to their sexual exploits with a group of naive girls who have taken up prostitution. The idea seems to have potential, but Fassbinder doesn't find it in this film.