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Angels Who Burn Their Wings (1970)
Directed by Zbyněk Brynych
“Jealously, obsession, murder!”
Romance, Crime, Drama · 1h 33m
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...
Cast
Jan Koester
Robert Susmeit
Nadja Tiller
Hilde Susmeit
Susanne Uhlen
Moni Dingeldey
Siegfried Rauch
1. Commissioner
Jochen Busse
Kirr
Liane Hielscher
Elvira Schramm
Hertha von Walther
Mrs. Kuhn
Wolfgang Völz
Mr. Stein
Crew
- Director
- Zbyněk Brynych
- Writer
- Herbert Reinecker
- Director of Photography
- Josef Vaniš
- Editor
- Sophie Mikorey, Rosina Chromec
Details
- Original title
- Engel, die ihre Flügel verbrennen
- Release date
- 1970-09-18
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Romance, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Caro Film GmbH