Shadow of Angels

Summary Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers. View more details

Shadow of Angels

Directed : Daniel Schmid

Written : Rainer Werner Fassbinder Daniel Schmid

Stars : Adrian Hoven Rainer Werner Fassbinder Annemarie Düringer Ingrid Caven

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 2, 1976

Countries of origin : Switzerland West Germany

Official sites : Director's official site Swiss Films page

Language : German

Filming locations : Vienna, Austria

Production companies : Artco-Film Albatros Filmproduktion

Summary Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 2, 1976

Countries of origin : Switzerland West Germany

Official sites : Director's official site Swiss Films page

Language : German

Filming locations : Vienna, Austria

Production companies : Artco-Film Albatros Filmproduktion

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