Shadow of Angels
6.4
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.
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Cast
17 people
Ingrid Caven
Lily Brest
Known for
Suspiria
World on a Wire
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Raoul
Known for
Fox and His Friends
Katzelmacher
Klaus Löwitsch
Jude
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
World on a Wire
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Zwerg
Known for
Delicatessen
Two Brothers
Debria Kalpataru
Marie-Antoinette
No other roles listed
Annemarie Düringer
Luise Müller
Known for
Veronika Voss
The Lacemaker
Adrian Hoven
Herr Müller
Known for
World on a Wire
Fox and His Friends
Boy Gobert
Polizeichef
Also in
Kamikaze '89
Monpti
Ulli Lommel
Der kleine Prinz
Known for
World on a Wire
Love Is Colder Than Death
Irm Hermann
Emma
Known for
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Ila von Hasperg
Violet
Also in
Gold Flakes
Willow Springs
Peter Chatel
Mann / Thomas
Known for
World on a Wire
Fox and His Friends
Daniel Schmid Director · Rainer Werner Fassbinder Screenplay Peer Raben Composer
United States release June 1, 1983 · Produced in Switzerland, Germany · Production Artco-Film
Production
Albatros Produktion
Production
Artco-Film
Production
Switzerland · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Schatten der Engel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · January 31, 1976
Premiere · Solothurn Film Festival
Germany · September 3, 1976
Theatrical · West Germany
United States · June 1, 1983
Theatrical
United States
October 1, 1976 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Denmark
November 5, 1976 · Theatrical
France
May 1, 1976 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
February 2, 1977 · Theatrical
Poland
July 27, 2005 · Premiere · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Spain
October 3, 1978 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 7, 1992 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 11, 1976 · Theatrical · German
February 2, 1977 · Theatrical · French
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