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Angels Who Burn Their Wings
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Angels Who Burn Their Wings

1970-09-18 · 93 min · ★ 6.4

Romance · Crime · Drama

Munich at night: Robert Susmeit, a 16-year-old teenager who is jealously obsessed with his mother Hilde, traces her and her latest lover at a mundane apartment building where he kills the man in the heat of the moment at a swimming pool. His fatal outburst is secretly witnessed by Moni Dingeldey, a girl of the same age as his. Fascinated by the shaken and devastated strange boy who she hopes to be a soul-mate, she hides Robert in her mother's apartment. Meanwhile, a crowd of policemen and reporters frantically comb through the building in search a murderer whose identity is known only to Robert's parents who are searching as well...

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Directors
Zbyněk Brynych
Production companies
Caro Film GmbH
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jan KoesterJan KoesterRobert Susmeit
Nadja TillerNadja TillerHilde Susmeit
Susanne UhlenSusanne UhlenMoni Dingeldey
Siegfried RauchSiegfried Rauch1. Commissioner
Ellen UmlaufMrs. Dingeldey
Harald BaerowWallich
Jochen BusseJochen BusseKirr
Manfred SpiesKrüss
Karl-Otto Alberty2. Commissioner
Liane HielscherLiane HielscherElvira Schramm
Hertha von WaltherHertha von WaltherMrs. Kuhn
Wolfgang VölzWolfgang VölzMr. Stein
Werner KreindlWerner KreindlBertram Susmeit
Ursula BlauthUrsula BlauthIngrid
Zbyněk BrynychZbyněk BrynychMan in the hotel lobby

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