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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul( 1974)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Brigitte Mira

      Emmi Kurowski

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      El Hedi ben Salem

      Ali

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      Irm Hermann

      Krista

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      Barbara Valentin

      Barbara

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      Elma Karlowa

      Mrs. Kargus

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      Anita Bucher

      Mrs. Ellis

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      Gusti Kreissl

      Paula

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      Doris Mattes

      Mrs. Angermayer

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      Margit Symo

      Hedwig

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      Katharina Herberg

      Bardame

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      Lilo Pempeit

      Mrs. Munchmeyer

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      Walter Sedlmayr

      Mr. Angermayer

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      Rainer Werner Fassbinder

      Eugen

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      Karl Scheydt

      Albert

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      Peter Gauhe

      Bruno

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      Marquard Bohm

      Gruber

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      Hark Bohm

      Doctor

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      Kurt Raab

      Car Mechanic

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Mon Jul 23 2018
    The original title of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 film "Fear Eats the Soul" is deliberately ungrammatical German: ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF "Fear Eat Soul". That is due to one of the two protagonists we meet: Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) is a Moroccan immigrant working in Munich. He toils as a car repairman and has learned some very basic German, but he has been hindered from assimilating to German and fully learning the language by both lack of time and a German society that deliberately keep his kind at arm's length. But one night at a pub, he meets by chance Emmi (Brigitte Mira) a 60-something wi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    130000.00

    Revenue

    186757.00

    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • unsociability
    • parent child relationship
    • germany
    • cleaning lady
    • foreigner
    • german-turkish living together
    • munich, germany
    • older woman younger man relationship
    • new german cinema
    • age-gap relationship