The Lost Angel
MovieTitle | Der verlorene Engel |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Apr 21, 1971 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Ralf Kirsten |
Production country | East Germany, Germany |
Production companies | DEFA |
Run time | 57 min. |
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.