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  • Title: Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (Criterion #198) [Angst Essen Seele Auf] / Angst isst Seele auf / Signs of Vigorous Life: New German Cinema / The American Soldier (excerpt)
  • Summary: A woman in the second half of life falls in love with a more than ten years younger Arab guest worker.
  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Cast: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher
  • Year: 1974
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  • Keywords: New German Cinema | Remake
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: All That Heaven Allows
  • Language: German with English subtitles
  • Country: Germany
  • Comments: The DVD includes an introduction by director Todd Haynes, interviews with actress Brigitte Mira and editor Thea Eymesz, the 13 minute 2002 film "Angst isst Seele auf," the 1976 BBC television documentary "Signs of Vigorous Life: New German Cinema" (32 minutes), an excerpt from "The American Soldier" and the theatrical trailer. British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #93 Toronto International Film Festival 100: #11
  • Collection: Melodrama