Ali: Fear Eats the Soul ( Angst essen Seele auf )

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Angst essen Seele auf
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Written By:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Actors:
Brigitte Mira ..... Emmi
El Hedi ben Salem ..... Ali
Irm Hermann ..... Krista
Elma Karlowa ..... Mrs. Kargus
Anita Bucher ..... Mrs. Ellis
Gusti Kreissl ..... Paula
Doris Mattes ..... Mrs. Angermeyer
Margit Symo ..... Hedwig
Katharina Herberg ..... Girl in bar
Lilo Pempeit ..... Mrs. Münchmeyer
Peter Gauhe ..... Bruno Kurowski
Marquard Bohm ..... Gruber
Walter Sedlmayr ..... Angermayer
Hannes Gromball ..... Waiter
Hark Bohm ..... Doctor
Rudolf Waldemar Brem ..... Car mechanic / Card player
Karl Scheydt ..... Albert Kurowski
Peter Moland ..... Chief garage mechanic
Barbara Valentin ..... Barbara
Helga Ballhaus ..... Yolanda
Elisabeth Bertram ..... Frieda
Ingrid Caven
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ..... Eugen, Krista's husband
Wolfgang Hess ..... Ali (uncredited
Kurt Raab ..... Car Mechanic

Synopsis:

The wildly prolific German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder paid homage to his cinematic hero Douglas Sirk with this update of that filmmaker's All That Heaven Allows (1955). A lonely widow (Brigitte Mira) meets a much younger Arab worker (El Hedi ben Salem) in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise-and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies. In Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fassbinder expertly wields the emotional power of classic Hollywood melodrama to expose the racial tensions underlying contemporary German culture.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 04 May, 2021.