Angst essen Seele auf (1974)

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)

Release Date:

15 August 1974 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Emmi, a woman truly in the second half of life, falls in love with Ali, a Berber guest worker more than ten years younger...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Widow | Sixty Something | Theft | Friend

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Brigitte Mira	...	Emmi Kurowski (Emanuela ben Salem M'Barek Mohammed Mustapha)
El Hedi ben Salem	...	Ali (El Hedi ben Salem M'Barek Mohammed Mustapha)
Barbara Valentin	...	Barbara
Irm Hermann	...	Krista
Karl Scheydt	...	Albert Kurowski
Marquard Bohm	...	Gruber
Walter Sedlmayr	...	Angermayer
Doris Mattes	...	Mrs. Angermeyer (as Doris Mathes)
Lilo Pempeit	...	Mrs. Münchmeyer
Gusti Kreissl	...	Paula
Margit Symo	...	Hedwig
Elisabeth Bertram	...	Frieda
Helga Ballhaus	...	Yolanda
Elma Karlowa	...	Mrs. Kargus
Anita Bucher	...	Mrs. Ellis

Also Known As:

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (USA)
Alle Türken heißen Ali (West Germany) (working title)
Fear Eats the Soul

Runtime:

Germany:93 min | USA:94 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German | Arabic

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (1979) | Singapore:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Quotes:

Emmi Kurowski: We'll be rich, Ali... and we'll buy ourselves a little piece of heaven.
Ali: Why heaven?
Emmi Kurowski: Oh, just a fancy of mine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Free Rainer (2007)

The film which made the greatest impression on me

This is the film which made the greatest impression on me ever. As a young serviceman stationed in West Germany throughout the 1970's & 80's I used to watch a great deal of German Television, to try and understand the German people and their culture.

One night,wife and children asleep, I happened upon: "Ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder"

What a revelation!! Suddenly here was a film which showed all human life in its most passionate, desperate, vital but delicate form.

It certainly made a great impression on me and even now, 26 years later, I can still see, feel and react to each thought, idea aand feeling that coursed through me at that time.

Truly a wonderful film and a genius of a director.

It helped me understand love.