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Shadow of Angels

Shadow of Angels (1976)

Directed by Daniel Schmid
1h 41minruntime
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Overall average

5.0/10

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.

Genres

Drama

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleSchatten der Engel
Original languageDeutsch (DE)
Spoken languagesDeutsch
Production countriesSwitzerland, Germany
StatusReleased
Production companiesAlbatros Produktion, Artco-Film
Release date3 settembre 1976
ProductionMichael Fengler, Jordan Bojilov
WriterRainer Werner Fassbinder, Daniel Schmid
EditingIla von Hasperg
CinematographyRenato Berta
Assistant directorsDaniel Schmid
Camera operatorsRenato Berta
Additional photographyRenato Berta
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Release dates

Premiere

Switzerland / Jan 31, 1976 / Solothurn Film Festival

France / May 01, 1976 / Cannes Film Festival

United States / Oct 01, 1976 / Chicago International Film Festival

Poland / Jul 27, 2005 / ERA New Horizons Film Festival

Theatrical release

Germany / Sep 03, 1976 / West Germany

Switzerland / Oct 11, 1976

Denmark / Nov 05, 1976

France / Feb 02, 1977

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Spain / Oct 03, 1978

United States / Jun 01, 1983

Sweden / Feb 07, 1992

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