Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
- husband wife relationship
- unsociability
- parent child relationship
- germany
- cleaning lady
- foreigner
- german-turkish living together
- munich
- germany
- older woman younger man relationship
- new german cinema
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Elma Karlowa — Mrs. Kargus
- Anita Bucher — Mrs. Ellis
- Gusti Kreissl — Paula
- Doris Mattes — Mrs. Angermayer
- Margit Symo — Hedwig
- Katharina Herberg — Bardame
- Lilo Pempeit — Mrs. Munchmeyer
- Walter Sedlmayr — Mr. Angermayer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Eugen
- Karl Scheydt — Albert
- Peter Gauhe — Bruno
- Directed
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 461 ratings
- Studio
- Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
