Angst isst Seele auf

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Overview

Shot with striking immediacy by a subjective camera, “Angst isst Seele auf” assumes the point of view of a black actor in Germany dealing with racist abuse as he prepares to appear in a play based on Fassbinder’s film, about the taboo relationship between an older German woman and an Arab man. Sharing the same lead actress (Brigitte Mira), cinematographer (Jürgen Jürges), and editor (Thea Eymèsz) as in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1974 Film “Angst essen Seele auf”, these twin works offer a searing indictment of prejudice within German society.

Cast

Brigitte Mira

Emmi

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss

Mulu (voice)

S

Selim Dursun

Hirschke

M

Michael J. Lieb

Polizist

S

Samir Osman

Polizist

B

Boris Ben Siegel

Schauspielleiter (voice)

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