Amelia and the Angel

May 12, 1958

0h 26m

★ 6.4

Overview

A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and follows the angel into a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist's model - the ANGEL. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot - supposedly to heaven-and reappears to restore Amelia's joy with a pair of wings.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

United Motion Pictures

BFI Experimental Film Fund

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Cast

Amelia

Mercedes Quadros

Mike Sniver

Míka van Bloemen

The artist's model

Helen Ulman

The stallholder

E. Collins

The artist

Elisha Manasseh

The dancing teacher

Helen May

The brother

Nicolas O'Brien

Evangaline Averre

W. Jones

Chloe Forbes

Den Robinson

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