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Amelia and the Angel
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Amelia and the Angel

1958-05-12 · 26 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Drama

A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and follows the angel into a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist's model - the ANGEL. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot - supposedly to heaven-and reappears to restore Amelia's joy with a pair of wings.

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Directors
Ken Russell
Production companies
United Motion Pictures, BFI Experimental Film Fund
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mercedes QuadrosAmelia
Míka van BloemenMike Sniver
Helen UlmanThe artist's model
E. CollinsThe stallholder
Elisha ManassehThe artist
Helen MayThe dancing teacher
Nicolas O'BrienThe brother
Evangaline Averre
W. Jones
Chloe Forbes
Den Robinson

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