DVD
Ali, fear eats the soul = Angst essen Seele auf
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In German with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi Ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Special features: original theatrical trailer ; 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.