Women in Hospital
1977 film directed by Rolf Thiele
Women in Hospital (German: Frauenstation) is a 1977 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Horst Buchholz, Stephen Boyd, and Lillian Müller.
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. It was the final film of the director Rolf Thiele, as well as one of Stephen Boyd's final acting roles before his death that same year.
“Women in Hospital” enters the record as 1977 film directed by Rolf Thiele. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Women, Hospital and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18624246. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.
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