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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.

Top 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

Overview

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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