Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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Country
Production
Budget
$260 000
Box office
$7 554
Director
Actors
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Barbara Valentin, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo, Katharina Herberg
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Jürgen Jürges
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Thea Eymèsz
Whole Team (5)
Whole Team (5)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The title of the film "Angst essen Seele auf" (literally "Fear eats soul") is grammatically incorrect, as it is a phrase uttered by Ali, who speaks broken German.
- The film was shot in two weeks in September 1973. It was planned as a cinematic exercise during a break between filming "Martha" and "Effi Briest".
- The role of Ali was played by the director's then-lover, El Hedi Ben Salem. The role of the bar owner Barbara was played by Austrian actress Barbara Valentin, who was Freddie Mercury's companion in the 1980s.
- The film was shot in two weeks in September 1973. It was planned as a cinematic exercise during a break between filming 'Martha' and 'Effi Briest'.
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