Angels of Iron (1981) on Netflix
NR19811h 45mCrimeDramaHistoryWar
Berlin, 1948. Seventeen-year-old Gladow leads a gang of thieves in the blockaded city, robbing with the white-collar criminal Gustav Völpel. Lisa Gabler is part of the group.
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Plot summary
In 1948 and 1949 Berlin is a splintered city. Public order has broken down, and fear, disorder and the black market shape daily life. The Soviets work to make their blockade of the region they control airtight. Gladow, seventeen, leads a gang of thieves who rob day and night and defy capture. The white-collar criminal Gustav Völpel becomes his partner, and the young woman Lisa Gabler belongs to the group. Völpel once hanged Nazi war criminals for the Allied occupation forces.
Cast
- Ulrich Wesselmannas Gladow(Ullrich Wesselmann)
- Peter Brombacheras Schäfer
- Horst Laubeas Herr Gladow
- Michael Danisch
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Angels of Iron (1981)
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- Angels of Iron dramatizes the true story of a Berlin gang of thieves led by the juvenile Werner Gladow during the Berlin Blockade and Airlift.
SPOILER
The real Werner Gladow was sentenced to death for murder and executed by East Germany in 1950, at the age of 18.- Director Thomas Brasch was given a 1981 Bavarian Film Award for his debut feature as director, with prize money of more than DM 50,000.
