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Title
A Passing Angel
 
Original Title
Mädchen aus der Fremde, Das
 
 


The moving drama of a little refugee girl and the couple who give her a home

 
Genre
Drama
 
Year
2000
 
Language
German
 
Format
Super 16
 
Length
90'
 
Cast
Christian Kohlund, Mareike Carrière, Miriam Stein, Stefan Gubser, Hans Schenker, Noemi Steuer, Nina Bernhard, Hanna Scheuring, Tonia Maria Zindel etc.
 
Crew
Directed by: Peter Reichenbach
Written by: Christa Capaul
Director of Photography: Peter Indergand
Music by: Bruno Coulais
Producer: Edi Hubschmid
 
Produced by
C-Films AG
 
Produced for
TSI & NDR
 
A Passing Angel
It was her eyes that first caught his attention. Big dark eyes filled with the sadness of loss, the eyes of a child that has seen more misery than a great many adults. Chief physician Dr. Robert Wagner is mesmerized by these eyes, and by the child they belong to, Neda, an illegal refugee from the war-torn Balkans. Unable to get her out of his mind, Robert simply takes the child home with him after examining her at the hospital. Robert's socialite wife Luisa, who has just launched a career as a designer, violently rejects the girl. Neda's presence painfully reminds her that she cannot have children herself. However, moved by the child's vulnerability and anxiety, Luisa soon abandons herself to her motherly instincts and accepts Neda as the child she never had. Robert, for his part, faces reprisals from the authorities and his own hospital. As their love for Neda grows, the girl begins to gain confidence, and is even able to smile again. Even the authorities are forced to admit that Neda has found a good home. Then, one day, Robert and Luisa discover that Neda's mother is still alive and desperately searching for her daughter. After grappling painfully with their consciences, they decide to tell Neda…
 
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