Angels Who Burn Their Wings
1970, German. Directed by Zbyněk Brynych.
Jealously, obsession, murder!
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Zbyněk BrynychDirector
- Jan KoesterRobert Susmeit
- Nadja TillerHilde Susmeit
- Susanne UhlenMoni Dingeldey
- Siegfried Rauch1. Commissioner
- Ellen UmlaufMrs. Dingeldey
- Harald BaerowWallich
- Jochen BusseKirr
- Manfred SpiesKrüss
- Karl-Otto Alberty2. Commissioner
- Liane HielscherElvira Schramm
- Hertha von WaltherMrs. Kuhn
- Wolfgang VölzMr. Stein
Details
- Released
- 18 September 1970
- Original title
- Engel, die ihre Flügel verbrennen
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Herbert Reinecker
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Angels Who Burn Their Wings runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Angels Who Burn Their Wings isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 September 1970. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Angels Who Burn Their Wings?
Angels Who Burn Their Wings (1970) was directed by Zbyněk Brynych and stars Jan Koester, Nadja Tiller, Susanne Uhlen.