"Der Philosoph" / "The Philosopher", also known as "Three Women in Love" is a West German movie from over 25 years ago and possibly the most known work by writer and director Rudolf Thome. The cast is not really too well-known and I must say the only cast member I have come across before so far is Adriana Altaras because of her recent autobiographical film. But back to this one here. It is about 4 people around the age of 30, one man and three woman, who live together in harmony and have sexual relationships with each other, at least the man with the women. And they are all perfectly fine with it. No bad feelings, such as jealousy, envy or greed exist in their world. It definitely has a touch of "Kommunenleben" attached to it from the days of hippie dominance. Peace, bro! But this is not really where this is set, as drugs and music do not play a role in here. In my opinion, this film was almost like a modern depiction of an old Greek tale. So if you have an interest in that very specific subject, then you will probably enjoy this film here.
To me, the best thing about this film is also the worst at the same time. There is absolutely no conflict in here and as a consequence also no character elaboration and I felt shades lacked completely, the three women were absolutely interchangeable and it is just a collection of atmospheric sequences without a real story. And from a really modern perspective, it makes no sense at all. 3 women are ready to sacrifice everything for a man who cannot drive a car, who cannot swim, who has never had sex with a woman. I do not think this would happen in the 21st century today. Or in the 20th as this is when this film came out. I believe there were a couple convincing moments and I like the whole harmony thing attached to it, but in terms of storytelling I cannot say I was satisfied. The performances also weren't that great. This is why my overall verdict here is negative. I do not recommend the watch.