Shadow of Angels (1976)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Daniel Schmid
Writing:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Daniel Schmid
Stars:
Release Date: 1976-09-03
4/10
4/10
- Country: CH, DE
- Language: Deutsch
- Runtime: 101
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Jude
Lily Brest
Raoul
Zwerg
Luise Müller
Herr Müller
Der kleine Prinz
Emma
Mann / Thomas
Helfritz
