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SCHATTEN DER ENGEL (SHADOW OF ANGELS), 1976
Fassbinder's best and most mysterious play about Germany after the Holocaust. |
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| Production: |
Albatros Film; Eric Franck, Artco Film |
| Director: |
Daniel Schmid |
| Screenplay: |
Daniel Schmid and R.W. Fassbinder |
| Photography: |
Renato Berta |
| Sound: |
Günther Kortwig |
| Art director: |
Raúl Gimenez |
| Make-up: |
Didier Lavergne |
| Costumes: |
Gerda Graf |
| Music: |
Peer Raben |
| Editing: |
Ila von Hasperg |
| Cast: |
Ingrid Caven, R.W. Fassbinder, Klaus Löwitsch, Annemarie Duringer, Jean-Claude Dreyfuss, Ulli Lommel, Adrian Hoven, lrm Herrmann, Boy Gobert, Raúl Gimenez |
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| Ingrid Caven, Schmid's favorite actress, plays a prostitute who is too elegantly beautiful to attract clients. Her pimp-husband (a thin and sexy Fassbinder) is too indifferent even to beat her-"Beating means love," he explains. Then she meets a rich and real-estate mogul who makes her realize that she can make more money by simply listening to her clients than by having sex with them. Soon all the town's elite are pouring their dirty secrets into her ear. Adding to the strange brew are the husband's homosexual lover and the prostitute's Nazi father, who works as a female impersonator. 'SHADOW OF ANGELS' is based on one of Fassbinder's best, most mysterious plays: 'THE GARBAGE, THE CITY AND DEATH'. It's also a movie about Germany after the Holocaust. |
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