Angels of Iron

Angels of Iron

105 mins | Drama, Crime | April 23, 1981

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.

Angels of Iron

105 mins | Drama, Crime | April 23, 1981

Angels of Iron
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers ZDF, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer
Original title Engel aus Eisen
Directors Thomas Brasch
Writers Thomas Brasch

Cast

Hilmar Thate

as Gustav Völpel

Katharina Thalbach

as Lisa Gabler

Ulrich Wesselmann

as Gladow

Ilse Pagé

as Frau Gerti Völpel

Karin Baal

as Frau Lucie Gladow

Peter Brombacher

as Schäfer

Klaus Pohl

as Gabler

Hanns Zischler

as Ridzinski

Horst Laube

as Herr Gladow

Jürgen Flimm

as Westkommissar

Kurt Raab

as Chauffeur