1974 · Romance / Drama
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Original title · Angst essen Seele auf
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.
- 7.7/10 · 468 votes
- 1h 33m
- March 5, 1974
- German
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
About Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is a 1974 romance and drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It runs 1h 33m. It was released on March 5, 1974.
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.
The original title is Angst essen Seele auf. The original language is German. Spoken languages include Arabic and German. Production countries include Germany.
The average rating is 7.7 out of 10, based on 468 TMDB votes.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Details
- Title
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Original title
- Angst essen Seele auf
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 7.7/10 from 468 votes
- Original language
- German
- Languages
- Arabic and German
- Countries
- Germany
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writers
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Budget
- $130,000
- Box office
- $186,757
- 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
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Release Date
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul was released on March 5, 1974. More 1974 films are collected in the CineGo year archive.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Genres
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Cast
Brigitte MiraEmmi Kurowski
El Hedi ben SalemAli
Irm HermannKrista
Barbara ValentinBarbara
Elma KarlowaMrs. Kargus- Anita BucherMrs. Ellis
Gusti KreisslPaula
Doris MattesMrs. Angermayer
Margit SymoHedwig
Katharina HerbergBardame
Lilo PempeitMrs. Munchmeyer
Walter SedlmayrMr. Angermayer
Rainer Werner FassbinderEugen
Karl ScheydtAlbert
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