Shadow of Angels

– Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves h..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 41 Minutes
Release Year:
1976
Original Name:
Schatten der Engel
Shadow of Angels (1976) - Also known as Schatten der Engel

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.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

01 Jun 1983

Language:

German

Director:

Daniel Schmid

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (dialogue), Daniel Schmid (screenplay), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Annemarie Düringer, Adrian Hoven

Plot:

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.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10