Regarded as one of the high-water marks in German New Wave cinema of the 1970s, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is at once an intense portrayal of a relationship and a tribute to one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film heroes, Douglas Sirk.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Movie Info
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Director -
Rainer Werner Fassbinder -
Producer -
Rainer Werner Fassbinder -
Distributor -
New Yorker Films -
Production Co -
Filmverlag der Autoren -
Genre -
Romance , Drama -
Original Language -
German -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 5, 1974, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 11, 2017 -
Runtime -
1h 34m