Shadow of Angels

Overview

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend, Raoul, who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 3, 1976

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Switzerland, Germany

Production

Albatros Produktion,Artco-Film

Cast

Irm Hermann,Raúl Gimenez,Klaus Löwitsch,Debria Kalpataru,Adrian Hoven,Annemarie Düringer,Ila von Hasperg,Peter Chatel,Christine Jirku,Ingrid Cavenand 7 more

Director

Daniel Schmid

Writer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder,Daniel Schmid

Producer

Michael Fengler,Jordan Bojilov

Cinematography

Renato Berta

Music

Gottfried Hüngsberg,Peer Raben

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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