Angels of Iron

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hilmar Thate
Hilmar Thate

Gustav Völpel

Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach

Lisa Gabler

Ulrich Wesselmann
Ulrich Wesselmann

Gladow

Ilse Pagé
Ilse Pagé

Frau Gerti Völpel

Karin Baal
Karin Baal

Frau Lucie Gladow

Peter Brombacher
Peter Brombacher

Schäfer

Klaus Pohl
Klaus Pohl

Gabler

Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler

Ridzinski

Horst Laube
Horst Laube

Herr Gladow

Jürgen Flimm
Jürgen Flimm

Westkommissar

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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.

  • Release Date

    1981-04-23

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    Deutsch
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