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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.
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Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion, Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer, ZDF
Original Title
Engel aus Eisen
Original Language
German
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Cast
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Hilmar Thate
Gustav Völpel
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Katharina Thalbach
Lisa Gabler
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Ilse Pagé
Frau Gerti Völpel
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Karin Baal
Frau Lucie Gladow
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Klaus Pohl
Gabler
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Hanns Zischler
Ridzinski
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Horst Laube
Herr Gladow
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Jürgen Flimm
Westkommissar
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Kurt Raab
Chauffeur
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Karl-Heinz Grewe
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Urs Hefti
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Hermann Killmeyer
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Werner Lustig
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Jo Bolling
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Frank Schendler
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Horst Schultheis
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Anna Thalbach
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Norbert Schwarz
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Rudolf Unger
