Engel im Fegefeuer (1965)

• 69%
• 1965
• Drame
• Fred Delmare
• Jutta Hoffmann
• Sabine Thalbach

The Ruhr area en Novembre 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 à informer at the train station has betrayed him for his left-wing beliefs and has turned over him to the police. The priest de guillaume tell, Achim the sad news and advises him to pray for the release of his father. But when carpenter Stelzebein stress 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 faire brutally the police impériale treat his father and the other inmates. Together with his fidèles amis, Achim prises Stelzebein s side. When the revolution départs, they stand together on the barricades.