CinemaOSMovie · 1981 · 1h 45m

Angels of Iron

67%(6)IMDbCrimeDrama

The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

Directed byThomas Brasch

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
DE
Released
April 23, 1981
Studios
ZDFVon Vietinghoff FilmproduktionIndependent Film Heinz Angermeyer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hilmar Thate

Hilmar Thate

Gustav Völpel

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

Lisa Gabler

Ulrich Wesselmann

Gladow

Ilse Pagé

Ilse Pagé

Frau Gerti Völpel

Karin Baal

Karin Baal

Frau Lucie Gladow

Peter Brombacher

Schäfer

Klaus Pohl

Klaus Pohl

Gabler

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Ridzinski

Horst Laube

Herr Gladow

Jürgen Flimm

Jürgen Flimm

Westkommissar

Creative team
Directed by
Thomas Brasch
Thomas Brasch
Written by
Thomas Brasch
Thomas Brasch
Produced by
Heinz Angermeyer
Joachim von Vietinghoff

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