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The Angel and the Lyre

The Angel and the Lyre

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 1944

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Romance

User Score

77%

Original Title

Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel

Director

Heinz Rühmann

Description

Achim and Vera are friends and live an uncomplicated and happy life .... that is, until they get into their first serious argument on how they should spend New Year's Eve. Vera wants to celebrate with friends, while Achim wants to go off to a lonely mountain hut. And so, he goes off alone into the mountains. In the hut, he meets the student Susanne, with whom he spends New Years' Eve; gets to know well; and falls in love with. Unfortunately, through misfortune, they lose sight of each other afterwards...