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Shadow of Angels

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.

1976 |1h 41m |  Drama

Cast

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Ingrid Caven

Lily Brest

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Klaus Löwitsch

Jude

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Zwerg

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Annemarie Düringer

Luise Müller

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Adrian Hoven

Herr Müller

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Ulli Lommel

Der kleine Prinz

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Irm Hermann

Emma

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Peter Chatel

Mann / Thomas

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Harry Baer

Helfritz

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Christine Jirku

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Status

Released

Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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