Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Movie Details

Original Title Angst essen Seele auf

Original Language DE

Budget $130,000

Revenue $186,757

Status Released

Popularity 3.1

Cast

Brigitte Mira

Emmi Kurowski

Popularity: 0.2

El Hedi ben Salem

Ali

Popularity: 1.3

Irm Hermann

Krista

Popularity: 0.2

Barbara Valentin

Barbara

Popularity: 0.2

Elma Karlowa

Mrs. Kargus

Popularity: 0.1

Anita Bucher

Mrs. Ellis

Popularity: 0.1

Gusti Kreissl

Paula

Popularity: 0.0

Doris Mattes

Mrs. Angermayer

Popularity: 0.1

Margit Symo

Hedwig

Popularity: 0.2

Katharina Herberg

Bardame

Popularity: 0.1

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Munchmeyer

Popularity: 0.2

Walter Sedlmayr

Mr. Angermayer

Popularity: 0.8

Key Crew

Editor Thea Eymèsz

Producer Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenplay Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Production

Tango Film

Filmverlag der Autoren

Videos & Trailers

Observations on Film Art: The Stripped-Down Style of ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

Featurette

AFS Presents: Ali: Fear Eats The Soul

Trailer

Mark Kermode reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Fear Eats the Soul (1974) | BFI Player

Featurette

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Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CRCulver 6/10

Jul 23, 2018

The original title of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 film "Fear Eats the Soul" is deliberately ungrammatical German: ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF "Fear Eat Soul". That is due to one of the two protagonists we meet: Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) is a Moroccan immigrant working in Munich. He toils as a car repair ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 4, 2025

Does anyone remember when Channel 4 (in the UK) had their Friday night red triangle zone of late night adult films that would probably have been X-certificate but that were available free-to-air? I think this is probably the only one of those I still recall as it memorably challenges just about ever ... Read more