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The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959)

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp poster
Original title
Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte
Directed by
Kurt Hoffmann
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
6
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An angel visits Earth and pawns her harp to get money. She gets involved with the lives of ordinary people in a German city.

whimsicallightheartedgentlequirkycomedicwhimsically hopefulslightly oddnostalgic

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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