| Description |
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 198 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 198.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
German dialogue (mono.) with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi Ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jürgen Jurges ; editor, Thea Eymèsz. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. |
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Special features: Disc one: original theatrical trailer -- Disc two: introduction by director Todd Haynes; interviews with actress Brigitte Mira and editor Thea Eymesz; short film "Angst isst Seele auf" (2002); from the BBC: "Signs of vigorous life: new German cinema"; excerpt from "The American soldier: featuring Margarethe von Trotta." |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German society. |
| Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
| Subject |
Interracial dating -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Arabs -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prejudices -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Germany -- Race relations -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (GERMAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Germany.
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Motion pictures, German.2local.
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Fiction films.
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Feature.
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Romance.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Mira, Brigitte, actor.
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Ben Salem, El Hedi, actor.
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Valentin, Barbara, 1940-2002, actor.
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Hermann, Irm, actor.
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Karlowa, Elma, 1932-1994, actor.
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Bucher, Anita, actor.
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Kreissl, Gusti, actor.
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Mattes, Doris, actor.
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Symo, Margit, 1913-1992, actor.
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Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, screenwriter, director.
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation.
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Tango Film Produktion.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Angst essen Seele auf |
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Ali, fear eats the soul |
| ISBN |
1559409398 |
| Standard No. |
715515014120 |
| Music No. |
10080762 |
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CC1591D Criterion Collection |
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