The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959 film)
1959 film
- 12 February 1959 (1959-02-12)
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The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (German: Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte) is a 1959 West German fantasy comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Nana Osten, Henry Vahl and Ullrich Haupt.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Charles Terrot which had previously been made into a British film in 1954.
Plot
An angel arrives on earth tasked with improving the world.
The main task involves conning a pawnbroker (who specialises in old musical instruments) into believing her harp is valuable. This is set up by organising a "chance meeting" in a pub and convincing him, through a man talking, that he could obtain a valuable harp.
Cast
- Nana Osten as Der Engel (= 'the angel')
- Henry Vahl as Joshua Webmann
- Ullrich Haupt as Hinrich Prigge
- Matthias Fuchs as Klaas Henning
- Tatjana Sais as Frau Henning
- Dunja Movar as Lissy Haverkamp
- Eva Vaitl as Frau Haverkamp
- Hans Cossy as Herr Haverkamp
- Gisela Peltzer as Frau Petersen
- Lina Carstens as Frau Feuerhake
- Monika John as Elise
- Horst Tappert as Herr Parker
- Alexander Hunzinger as Schätzer
- Marie Ferron
- Carl Simon
- Wolfgang Dohnberg
- Peter Tost
- Michael Paryla
- Gabriele Adam
- Henry Lorenzen
- Lisa Helwig
- Fritz Wepper
See also
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.122
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp at IMDb
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