Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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.
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $186,757
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $130,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $186,757
- Release date
- Mar 5, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, German
- Country
- Germany
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