An Angel on Wheels

Aug 28, 1959

1h 27m

★ 5.5

Overview

Heralded racing driver Pierre Chaillot has never noticed the pretty young flight attendant who dotes on him adoringly. But when his fiancée's infidelity drives him to the brink of suicide, Pierre's guardian angel takes the form of this stewardess to urge him to choose life. Though the angel confesses her divinity, Pierre is skeptical of the existence of angels. But, despite their difference, the two bond during her brief sojourn in human form.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Fantasy

Production Companies

Criterion Productions

Regina-Film

CCC Filmkunst

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Cast

Line / The Angel

Romy Schneider

Pierre Chaillot

Henri Vidal

Augusta de Munchenberg

Michèle Mercier

Michel Barrot

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Chief of Angels

Margarete Haagen

Aunt Augusta

Erika von Thellmann

Corelli

Ernst Waldow

Presenter

Jean Tissier

Commissioner

Pierre Sergeol

Dentist

Franz-Otto Krüger

Valet

René Worms

Line's father

Jean Brochard

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An Angel on Wheels

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