The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some potatoes on the market. They want to surprise Achim′s father, who works on a mine sweeper boat, with a decent meal. But Achim′s father does not show up – an informer at the train station has betrayed him for his left-wing beliefs and has turned him over to the police. The priest tells Achim the sad news and advises him to pray for the release of his father. But when carpenter Stelzebein stresses that everybody has to take actions for himself, the devout boy at first does not believe in Stelzebein′s words. But then Achim witnesses in the prison how brutally the imperial police treat his father and the other inmates. Together with his loyal friends, Achim takes Stelzebein′s side. When the revolution starts, they stand together on the barricades.
Credits
Engel im Fegefeuer Cast
Name |
Character |
Fred Delmare
He was 42, 87 years old when he died
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as Stelzebein |
Lotte Loebinger
She was 59, 93 years old when she died
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Günter Junghans
He was 23, 73 years old when he died
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Peter Reusse
He was 24, now 83 years old
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Erik S. Klein
He was 39, 76 years old when he died
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Agnes Kraus
She was 54, 84 years old when she died
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as Prostituierte |
Sabine Thalbach
She was 32, 34 years old when she died
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as Gouvernante |
Jutta Hoffmann
She was 24, now 83 years old
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as Nelly |
Horst Friedrich
He was 14, now 74 years old
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Siegfried Weiß
He was 58, 83 years old when he died
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Engel im Fegefeuer Crew