---
title: 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1974-03-05'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ali-fear-eats-the-soul-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071141/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

1974 · 93 min · Drama, Romance · Germany

Original title: Angst essen Seele auf

## Synopsis

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is a 1974 West German melodrama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brigitte Mira and El Hedi ben Salem. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics award for best in-competition movie and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered one of Fassbinder's most powerful works and hailed by many as a masterpiece.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Producer:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jürgen Jürges](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-jurges)
- **Editor:** [Thea Eymèsz](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-eymesz)

## Cast

- [Gusti Kreissl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gusti-kreissl)
- [Liselotte Eder](https://cinepixo.com/people/liselotte-eder)
- [Hannes Gromball](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-gromball)
- [Marquard Bohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/marquard-bohm)
- [Wolfgang Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-hess)
- [Ingrid Caven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-caven)
- [Hark Bohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hark-bohm)
- [Irm Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/irm-hermann)
- [Margit Symo](https://cinepixo.com/people/margit-symo)
- [Peter Gauhe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gauhe)
- [Karl Scheydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-scheydt)
- [Kurt Raab](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-raab)
- [El Hedi ben Salem](https://cinepixo.com/people/el-hedi-ben-salem)
- [Helga Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-ballhaus)
- [Elma Karlowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/elma-karlowa)

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