Overview
Plot
Lonely cleaning lady Emmi Kurowski befriends middle-aged mechanic Ali at a bar frequented by Arab immigrants. Their bond deepens into marriage, but family and neighbors criticize the union, forcing the couple to confront their own insecurities.
- Directors
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast
- Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Barbara Valentin, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo, Katharina Herberg, Lilo Pempeit, Walter Sedlmayr, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Karl Scheydt, Peter Gauhe, Marquard Bohm, Hark Bohm, Kurt Raab
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Romance, Drama
- Release date
- 1974-03-05
- Studios
- Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
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Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, has been lonely since her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she visits a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with Ali, a middle-aged mechanic. Their relationship soon becomes more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Emmi and Ali must then confront their own insecurities about their future.
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