Edition |
Special edition, [full screen]. |
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. |
Note |
Program notes in booklet ([14] p. : ill.). |
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 released as a motion picture in 1974. |
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. |
Note |
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; a 16-page booklet, featuring a new essay by critic Chris Fujiwara and a reprint of Michael Toteberg's introduction to the published screenplay. |
Language |
German dialogue (mono) with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
Subject |
Interracial dating -- Germany -- Drama.
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Arabs -- Germany -- Drama.
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Prejudices -- Germany -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Drama.
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Germany -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Indexed Term |
Zwischenrassisches Datieren Deutschland Drama |
Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Germany.
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Motion pictures -- Germany.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982.
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Mira, Brigitte.
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Ben Salem, El Hedi.
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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 |
Ali, fear eats the soul |
ISBN |
1559409398 |
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9781559409391 |
Standard No. |
715515014120 |
Music No. |
CC1591D Criterion Collection |
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