Engel im Fegefeuer
The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some potatoes on the market. They want to surprise Achim′s father, who works on a mine sweeper boat, with a decent meal. But Achim′s father does not show up – an informer at the train station has betrayed him for his left-wing beliefs and has turned him over to the police. The priest tells Achim the sad news and advises him to pray for the release of his father. But when carpenter Stelzebein stresses that everybody has to take actions for himself, the devout boy at first does not believe in Stelzebein′s words. But then Achim witnesses in the prison how brutally the imperial police treat his father and the other inmates. Together with his loyal friends, Achim takes Stelzebein′s side. When the revolution starts, they stand together on the barricades.
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Cast
27 people
Fred Delmare
Stelzebein
Also in
In All Friendship
Zur See
Jutta Hoffmann
Nelly
Known for
Bandits
Herrmann Zschoche
Edith Gorrish
Günter Ost
Sabine Thalbach
Gouvernante
Also in
The Kaiser's Lackey
Kleiner Mann – was nun?
Walter Gorrish
Brigitte Krex
Agnes Kraus
Prostituierte
Also in
Mensch, Oma
The Zernik Murder Case
Wolfgang Grunz
Bischof
Georg Katzer
Eberhard Schaletzky
Also in
Piraten auf der Pferdeinsel
Papas neue Freundin
Herrmann Zschoche Director · Edith Gorrish Writer Walter Gorrish Writer
First release April 4, 1965 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
Production
Germany · XG
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · April 4, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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