Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Summary: A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

Release Date: October 31, 1974

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 260,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 8,099

Derrick (1974)

Summary: Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.

Release Date: October 20, 1974

Genres: Crime, Drama

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

Production: Telenova Film und Fernsehgesellschaft, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)

Summary: The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.

Release Date: October 29, 1972

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 7 h 56 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Country: West Germany

Language: German

TV Series budget: $ 1,335,000

Domestic: $ 19,987

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

Summary: Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.

Release Date: February 10, 1972

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder