Angst isst Seele auf

Release Date: 2002-10-24

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.

Rating: 7.5 / 10

Cast

Brigitte Mira

as Emmi

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss

as Mulu (voice)

Selim Dursun

as Hirschke

Michael J. Lieb

as Polizist

Samir Osman

as Polizist