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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

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1974
1h 33m
German
Romance, Drama
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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.
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Cast

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Brigitte Mira
Emmi Kurowski
El Hedi ben Salem
Irm Hermann
Barbara Valentin
Elma Karlowa
Mrs. Kargus
Anita Bucher
Mrs. Ellis
Gusti Kreissl
Doris Mattes
Mrs. Angermayer
Margit Symo
Katharina Herberg
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Munchmeyer
Walter Sedlmayr
Mr. Angermayer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Karl Scheydt
Peter Gauhe
Marquard Bohm
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Kurt Raab
Car Mechanic
Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Angst Essen Seele auf.
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soonertbone says...
one year ago
Really didn’t do it for me. No emotion coming through, unpleasant throughout. Then I learned afterward Fassbinder was a terrible person, so this was a regretful watch.
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smallclone
7/10  6 years ago
Superb film. Fassbinder's ability to make bleak characters so interesting is pretty remarkable. This film is just as important today as it was in 1973. The script and plot captures how I'd imagine Postwar Munich really felt. for The prejudice and bigotry expressed then is unfortunately preva More
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CRCulver
6 years ago
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 repair More
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