The Lost Angel
1971 · Movie · 57 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
August 24, 1937: a day in the life of expressionist sculptor and author Ernst Barlach. Barlach lives in the small town of Güstrow, keeping to himself, not interested in politics. One day he learns that the Nazis have dragged his famous 1927 sculpture "The Hovering Angel" out of the Güstrow Cathedral. Barlach begins to reflect on his life of "inner emigration" and on his work, which has been either confiscated or denounced as "degenerate art" by the Nazis.
Direction Ralf Kirsten
Cast Fred Düren · Erika Pelikowsky · Erik S. Klein · Walter Lendrich · Agnes Kraus · Heidemarie Wenzel · Frank-Otto Schenk · Carola Schirmer · Berko Acker · Gerd Alverdes · Theodor Klubsch · Christa Michaelsen · Karl Paustian · Uwe Leonhardt · Gerd Unger · Gerhard Hubert · Gerd Jurgons
Soundtrack André Asriel
Screenplay Manfred Freitag · Ralf Kirsten · Jochen Nestler · Franz Fühmann
Cinematography Claus Neumann
Original title Der verlorene Engel
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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