---
title: 'Almost Angels (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steve Previn'
released: '1962-09-26'
runtime_minutes: 93
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/almost-angels-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055740/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Almost Angels (1962)

1962 · 93 min · United States


## Synopsis

Almost Angels is a 1962 American comedy-drama film about a group of boys in the Vienna Boys' Choir. The film centers around the chorister's recruitment process, the rehearsals and the life in the institution as well. The story also conveys the value of friendship, honesty and loyalty. The child actors were actual members of the Vienna Boys Choir who perform several traditional Austrian songs throughout the motion picture. The filming took place in the Augarten Palais, the surroundings of Vienna and some other places of the beautiful Austrian landscape.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Steve Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-previn)
- **Screenplay:** [Vernon Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-harris)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Schreiter](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-schreiter)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kurt Grigoleit](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-grigoleit)
- **Editor:** [Alfred Srp](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-srp)

## Cast

- [Fritz Eckhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-eckhardt) as Father Fiala
- [Vincent Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-winter) as Toni Fiala
- [Gunther Philipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-philipp) as radio commentator
- [Hans Christian](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian) as choirmasters
- [Hennie Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/hennie-scott) as Ferdy
- [Walter Varndal](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-varndal) as mathematics teacher
- [Sean Scully](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-scully) as Peter Schaefer
- [Walter Regelsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-regelsberger) as choirmasters
- [Elisabeth Stiepl](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-stiepl) as mother
- [Heide Grübl](https://cinepixo.com/people/heide-grubl) as seamstress
- [Peter Weck](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weck) as Max Heller
- [Bernhard Hindinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-hindinger) as Felix Meinl
- [Denis Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-gilmore) as Friedel Schmidt
- [Oskar Willner](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-willner) as Misignore
- [Hans Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-holt) as Director Eisinger

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/almost-angels
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/almost-angels-1962
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