Descending Angel

Descending Angel

1990 · 98 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass murderer.

Directed by Jeremy Kagan · Written by Robert J. Siegel

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