Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Nelson GiddingCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
David ShireCast:
George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Richard Dysart, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois (more)VOD (1)
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Nazi Germany's prized airship is threatened with sabotage, so Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) is charged with its safety. As the massive zeppelin lifts off for a journey to the United States, Ritter investigates the passengers, looking for a potential bomber. Could it be anti-Nazi Countess Ursula von Reugen (Anne Bancroft), suspicious gambler Emilio Pajetta (Burgess Meredith), shifty advertising man Edward Douglas (Gig Young) or even the pilot, Captain Pruss (Charles Durning)? (Shock Entertainment)
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I think the version that the Hindenburg disaster was caused by an assassination is very plausible, and I quite like the way this film portrays the most propriated theory of all. Wise's film does drag at times, but for most of its runtime it has momentum, fantastic visual effects (which still amaze me today, so I don't have to write "for the time"), excellent music by Shiro, and it is perfectly cast. The plot is plausible and based on practically all documented facts, and I regretted only the omission of Hugo Eckener, the "father of the Hindenburg", who appeared in the film only at the beginning, grunted that he would not fly, and nothing more.
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