Asta, mein Engelchen
5.3
Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of his film, the director is looking for a double for the final scenes and discovers Otto in the movie theater, who has just been moved by Asta again. Otto takes on the task. He also places a marriage advertisement looking for a woman who resembles Asta. The first date with Astrid, who does indeed look like Asta, is a flop. Otto falls asleep. He tries again with her - as Hermann Gschwindner - and is successful. He is recognized in a hotel bar and asked to perform a song. Everyone, including Astrid, is entranced. After a few complications, his real identity is revealed - Astrid had also done a lot of work to look like Asta.
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Cast
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Erwin Geschonneck
Otto Gratzick / Hermann Gschwinder
Also in
Naked Among Wolves
Jacob the Liar
Kurt Böwe
Schorsch
Also in
The Zernik Murder Case
Jadup and Boel
Roland Oehme
Helga Emmrich
Winfried Glatzeder
Frank Steiner
Known for
Dark
Rosa Luxemburg
Jürgen Lenz
Manfred Wolter
Fred Delmare
Meyer-Tassow
Also in
In All Friendship
Zur See
Wolfram Heicking
Marita Böhme
Frau Gschwinder
Also in
Carbide and Sorrel
Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam
Thomas Neumann
Standesbeamter
Known for
The Zone of Interest
Charité
Annemone Haase
Astrid
Also in
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Nikolaikirche
Roland Oehme Director · Manfred Wolter Writer Helga Emmrich Editor
First release May 14, 1981 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · May 14, 1981
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
November 18, 1982
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