Little Angel

‘Engelchen’, G 1996, directed by Helke Misselwitz, 94 min, with English subtitles, rating: 12 

Ramona scrapes by in her dreary everyday life between her job at the cosmetics factory and her backyard flat in drab post-reunification Berlin. At the local train station, she runs into Andrzej, and a love story unfolds between the two outsiders. When Ramona becomes pregnant, happiness seems within reach. But then the dream shatters: Andrzej already has a wife in Poland, Ramona miscarries, and in a desperate attempt to outsmart fate, Ramona kidnaps a baby. 

Featuring: Susanne Lothar, Cezary Pazura, Kathrin Angerer, Luise Wolfram, Sophie Rois, Herbert Fritsch, Ben Becker 

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