Angels of Iron (1981)
The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.
Director:
Thomas Brasch
Writer:
Thomas Brasch
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Hilmar Thate as Gustav Völpel |
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Katharina Thalbach as Lisa Gabler |
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Ulrich Wesselmann as Gladow |
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Ilse Pagé as Frau Gerti Völpel |
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Karin Baal as Frau Lucie Gladow |
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Peter Brombacher as Schäfer |
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Klaus Pohl as Gabler |
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Hanns Zischler as Ridzinski |
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Horst Laube as Herr Gladow |
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Jürgen Flimm as Westkommissar |
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Kurt Raab as Chauffeur |
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Michael Danisch as |
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Karl-Heinz Grewe as |
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Urs Hefti as |
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Hermann Killmeyer as |
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Werner Lustig as |
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Jo Bolling as |
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Frank Schendler as |
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Horst Schultheis as |
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Anna Thalbach as |
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Peter Mühlenhaupt as |
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Gerhard Giesecke as |
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Norbert Schwarz as |
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Rudolf Unger as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Zoré | Costume Design |
| Production | Heinz Angermeyer | Producer |
| Editing | Tanja Schmidbauer | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ursula Drews | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Nikos Perakis | Art Direction |
| Editing | Stefan Arnsten | Editor |
| Directing | Thomas Brasch | Director |
| Camera | Walter Lassally | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bernd Lepel | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Thomas Brasch | Screenplay |
| Production | Joachim von Vietinghoff | Producer |
| Sound | Christian Kunert | Original Music Composer |
