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The Lost Angel (1971)

The Lost Angel (1971)

Drama History
Release Date: 1971, April 21
Directors: Ralf Kirsten
Countries: Germany, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Erik S. Klein, Heidemarie Wenzel, Fred Düren, Agnes Kraus, Frank-Otto Schenk, Erika Pelikowsky, Walter Lendrich

Overview:

August 24, 1937: a day in the life of expressionist sculptor and author Ernst Barlach (Fred Düren). Barlach lives in the small town of Güstrow, keeping to himself and wanting to steer clear of politics. On this 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.