Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Angst essen Seele auf1974
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1h 33m
- March 5, 1974 · Germany
Overview
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 5, 1974
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Filmverlag der Autoren,Tango Film
- Cast
- Brigitte Mira,El Hedi ben Salem,Irm Hermann,Barbara Valentin,Elma Karlowa,Anita Bucher,Gusti Kreissl,Doris Mattes,Margit Symo,Katharina Herbergand 8 more
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Producer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cinematography
- Jürgen Jürges
- Budget
- $130,000
- Revenue
- $186,757
- IMDb
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