However, Judge Charles M. Metzner dismissed his allegations.[3]. It was the airship's 63rd flight. Other prime suspects include card sharps Emilio Pajetta and Major Napier, Edward Douglas, a suspicious German-American ad executive, as well as several crew members and even the Hindenburg captains Pruss and Lehmann. Musikalisch gehörte Led Zeppelin zu den … Why else would they film a story with an ending everybody knows and then try to build up suspense about it?The movie's so bad I've made a little list. While a narrator talks about the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, footage of the LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II being christened in 1938 is erroneously shown, indicating the newsreel was not from 1936. Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California. "'Hindenburg' an Airship of Fools". Although the film is largely accurate to its setting, there were numerous differences between the film and reality. While it is all supposition and guesswork, it is pretty exciting. This film tells the history, in film, of the rise and the fall of the Zeppelins, Dirigibles, and the airships from 1900 to 1937. Zeppelin (Originaltitel: Zeppelin), auch bekannt als Zeppelin Das fliegende Schiff, ist ein britisches Filmdrama vom Regisseur Étienne Périer aus dem Jahr 1971. Ritter is assisted by a Nazi government official, SS/Gestapo Hauptsturmführer Martin Vogel, who poses as an "official photographer" of the Hindenburg. Many possible clues turn out to be red herrings, such as Joe Spah sketching the ship's interior as an idea for a Vaudeville show and mysterious names which later turned out to be the name of race horses on board the Queen Mary (where Douglas's competitor is travelling). Only 4 seconds of footage from this sequence appears in the final cut of the film, but the entire sequence, as it had been planned, was not included.[12]. Die Hauptrollen spielen Michael York, El… A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames. Led Zeppelin [ˌlɛdˈzɛplɪn] ( anhören?/i) war eine britische Rockband. A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him. Wise has tried to integrate the newsreel footage of the disaster with vignettes of the fictional characters inside attempting to escape, but there's an impossible esthetic gulf between the documentary and staged scenes. Ritter attempts to defuse the bomb, but is distracted by a now-awakened Vogel and is unable to do so in time. The mooring mast used in the landing sequence is black, while the real mooring mast was red and white. "The Current Cinema". In fact, Opel had been taken over completely by GM in 1931, six years previously. Vogel is caught by Ritter in the cargo bay torturing Boerth and gets into a fight with Ritter and is knocked unconscious. 1968 gegründet, gehört sie mit 300 Millionen verkauften Alben zu den erfolgreichsten Bands überhaupt. "[18]Arthur D. Murphy of Variety wrote, "Dull and formula scripting, a lack of real empathy and phoned-in acting shoot down some good though unspectacular special effects. ", "Lexsee 618 F2D 972, A. An injured Boerth tells Ritter the bomb is in the repair patch of gas cell 4. Kathie Rauch from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., claiming the Hindenburg zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. Based on RTL’s description of the film, viewers shouldn’t expect too much historical accuracy; it is a completely fictionalized love story (view trailer) between a poor but good-looking airship designer and the daughter of a treacherous American family (sound familiar? [11], The Hindenburg made extensive use of matte paintings to bring the Zeppelin to life. Here is a collection of Film on the USS Akron and the Macon. Some of these plot elements were based on real bomb threats before the flight began, as well as proponents of the sabotage theory. Ritter is assisted by … Der Regisseur sowie der Autor waren persönlich anwesend um den Film bzw. Ritter later receives news that Boerth's girlfriend, Freda Halle, was killed while trying to escape arrest as the Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic. The wreckage is examined for the inquiry before being cleaned up. In reality, while the Zeppelins were certainly used as a propaganda symbol by the Third Reich, and anti-Nazi forces might have had the motivation for sabotage, the theory of sabotage was investigated at the time, and no firm evidence for such sabotage was ever put forward. "[21] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "The film has begun to drag by the time the climatic explosion occurs, and the climax itself is somewhat less than thrilling. This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. Der Film basiert auf dem Absturz des Luftschiffs Hindenburg im Jahre 1937, die Handlung des Films ist weitgehend frei erfunden. The possibility of Boerth's (i.e. 13, Iss. Hindenburg began its last flight on May 3, 1937, carrying 36 passengers and 61 officers, crew members, and trainees. 1998: X-Factor: Das Unfassbare – Mysteryserie, in Der Zeppelin (Staffel 2, Folge 11) wird das Unglück von Lakehurst in einer fiktiven Geschichte aufgegriffen. "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies". Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [13] Additionally, although the Hindenburg did have a specially constructed aluminum Blüthner baby grand piano aboard for the 1936 season, it was not aboard the final flight in 1937. [10] Additional locations in Southern California were also chosen. On February 7, 2017, the film was released on Blu-ray in a bare bones edition as a Wal-Mart exclusive, and a wide release followed on May 2, 2017. The short film Hindenburg Explodes (1937) is available for free download at the Internet Archive. Kael, Pauline (January 19, 1976). You just can't dismiss it; you linger over it. Other passenger and crew are seen struggling to survive the fire. 2nd Film: "The Hindenburg". 1980: Bilder, die die Welt bewegten – Dokumentationsreihe, in der Folge Luftschiff Hindenburg – Brand und Absturz (Staffel 1, Folge 7) wird die Hindenburg-Katastrophe behandelt. Hindenburg ein Film von Philipp Kadelbach mit Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith. The acting is pretty good and the special effects excellent, but much of the spectacle is lost on television--it was amazing on the big screen.Overall, history lovers will be happy but most others who have no idea about this event or its context will probably be left bored and confused. About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937. TOPICS: vintage film. The fictive plot of the two-parter shows, in addition to the primary action, which revolves around a bomb on board the Hindenburg, several other storylines. [1] Der Tod des Schlagzeugers John Bonham im September 1980[2] markierte das Ende der Band[3], die mit Sänger Robert Plant, Gitarrist Jimmy Page und Bassist John Paul Jones durchgehend in gleicher Besetzung aktiv war. How else can you describe a movie that cost $12 million and makes people laugh out loud at all the wrong times? Jennifer is the daughter of an American chemical producer who wants to suppl… Herbert Morrison's memorable radio commentary, "Box Office Information: The Hindenburg. Some aspects were added for dramatic purposes. PG | 2h 5min | Adventure, Drama, History | 25 December 1975 (USA) A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames. When Col. Ritter empties the fountain pen in the sink, it is clearly a modern stainless steel design with modern taps. [7], (*) Beside name indicates actual historical person. "The Last Flight of the 'Hindenburg'". Its climax is terrifyingly, horrendously spectacular, but the two hours getting there are not as gripping as they might have been. The Hindenburg is a 1975 film inspired by the disaster, but centered on the sabotage theory. Spehl's) deliberate sabotage is one theory of the fire that had been the subject of Mooney's book, published around the time of the film's development. Zeppelin ist die fiktive Geschichte eines deutschen Versuchs, in den Wirren des Ersten Weltkriegs mit Hilfe eines riesigen Zeppelins die Magna Carta aus ihrem Versteck in einer schottischen Burg zu stehlen. Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions. Arnold, Gary (December 26, 1975). Actual film footage of Hindenburg disaster. 3rd Film: "USS Akron and Macon". Ritter won the Knight's Cross as the chief of intelligence during the Bombing of Guernica. Using photographs, a recreated passenger area, gondola and superstructure of the giant airship was constructed to create a realistic exterior and interior set for the actors. "[24], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film currently holds a score of 36% based on 14 reviews. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen. This page was last edited on 12 April 2021, at 15:22. Das für den Film genutzte Modell der Hindenburg Einige Szenen sind an reale Vorkommnisse der Zeppeline angelehnt, die allerdings nicht auf der letzten Fahrt des Zeppelins stattfanden. "[20] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Technically, the film is a triumph; dramaturgically, it is somewhat less than that. das Buch zum Film zu präs entieren. Written by "[23] Frank Rich, in his year-end review of films released that year, named The Hindenburg the year's worst disaster film, stating, "The hero is a Nazi and the special effects couldn't fool Gerald Ford. A team of 80 artists and technicians working double shifts for four months, assembled a "giant Erector Set" consisting of eight tons of aluminum, 11,000 yards (10,000 m) of muslin, 24,000 feet (7,300 m) of sash cord and 2,000,000 rivets. In the same year, The Hindenburg was nominated for an "Eddie" in the category of Best Edited Feature Film in the American Cinema Editors Awards. Here are some great movies worth streaming that you won't see at the Oscars this year. Um die unvollendeten, schriftlichen Erinnerungen seines Vaters beenden zu können, recherchiert Matthias Silcher im Jahre 2005 die Geschichte seines Großvaters Robert, der 1937 in Lakehurst als Besatzungsmitglied beim Brand der Hindenburg starb. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. I sort of like disaster movies, even bad ones, for reasons that have to do with the special effects and with other things that probably go back to the prenatal state. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link, based on the 1972 book of the same title by Michael M. Mooney. Hindenburg began its last flight on May 3, 1937, carrying 36 passengers and 61 officers, crew members, and trainees. Comme tous ses prédécesseurs de la firme de Friedrichshafen, le Hindenburg appartient à la catégorie des dirigeables rigides. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [8], Studio and special effects work was carried out at Sound Stage 12 in the Universal Studios complex. In early versions of the screenplay, the character was known as "Fritz Kessler." Ursula survives the fire by walking down a stairway, similar to the real life escape of Margaret Mather. Hindenburg followed a northern track across the ocean passing the southern tip of Greenland and … [15] Several aspects of the airship's takeoff and landing procedures were also inaccurate. At Berlin there are Citroën HY delivery cars which were built in the late 1940s.[16]. The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. Contrairement aux zeppelins précédents, les ballonnets … To recreate the initial explosion of the airship, which was missed by the newsreel cameras, matte paintings and animation were used to make a superimposed explosion of the airship beside its mooring mast. About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937. A. Hoehling, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael Macdonald Mooney, Defendants. In the film he is depicted grabbing a mooring rope, but in reality there was no rope. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) boards with the intention of protecting the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to down the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany. During the landing sequence the ship drops water ballast through windows near the nose instead of at the tail section, as it did during the final approach. Use the HTML below. Ritter has reason to suspect everyone, even his old friend, Countess Ursula von Reugen, whose Baltic estate in Peenemünde had been taken over by the Nazis and appears to be escaping Germany to visit her daughter in Boston. A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. [14] While the interior of the ship was accurately recreated utilizing original blueprints and photographs, a stairway was added to the lower fin for dramatic purposes; in the real Hindenburg, access to the fin was provided by a ladder from the interior of the ship for crew members to use. Morrison's commentary was recorded but not broadcast until later. As the airship approaches Lakehurst Naval Air Station at 7:00, Ritter now realizes the landing has been delayed and searches for Boerth to ask where the bomb is. 120 Statisten unter einen Hut zu bringen! A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. Danke dafür! La structure, construite en duralumin, est constituée de 15 anneaux circulaires séparés de près de 15 m et d'entretoises longitudinales. Der Film wurde von der Getty & Fromkess Corporation nach einer Geschichte von Owen Crump produziert. 6 of 9 people found this review helpful. (1975). The short film Hindenburg Crash, June 5, 1937 (Disc 2) (1937) is available for free download at the Internet Archive. Das Drehbuch schrieb Johannes W. Betz. "[22] Pauline Kael voiced her disapproval of the film and Wise's direction with the phrase, "One gasbag meets another. View production, box office, & company info. Hindenburg: The Last Flight. The Hindenburg has been released on a number of home video formats, including VHS, Betamax, Laser Disc, and DVD. The film stars George C. Scott. Vogel survives, being carried by ground crewmen. The film’s footage also does not always match the plot or narration. Kathie Rauch (Ruth Schudson), a psychic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. claiming the Hindenburg Zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. Als eines der bedeutsamsten Symbole des Dritten Reiches 1937 zu seinem Flug in die USA ansetzt, schrillen bei der Gestapo die Alarmglocken. A highly speculative thriller, the film and the book it is based on depict a conspiracy of sabotage leading to the destruction of the German airship Hindenburg. A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Film Comment; New York Vol. Handlung. Boerth, upon hearing the news of Halle's death, plans to commit suicide by staying aboard the airship as the bomb goes off, to show that there is a resistance against the Nazi party. I was attracted to it for two reasons--my love of George C. Scott films as well as because I am a huge airship lover and have always wondered what it would have been like to ride in one of these behemoths. Hindenburg ist ein zweiteiliger Fernsehfilm des Regisseurs Philipp Kadelbach aus dem Jahr 2011. A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames. Director: Robert Wise | Stars: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes. The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. Newsreel footage of the 6 May 1937 Hindenburg disaster, where the zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg crashed and burned down, was filmed by several companies.. They soon suspect the rigger Karl Boerth, a former Hitler Youth leader who has become disillusioned with the Nazis. The airship designer Merten Kroeger sees Jennifer van Zandt at a reception, in which he has fallen in love since he was rescued by her after his crash with a school glider in a pond from the water and revived. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter boards with the intention of protecting the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to down the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany. He then made his way to the hatch and turned around and ran the other way, because the flames were being pushed by the wind toward the starboard side. It has never been proven definitively, and most airship experts tend to discredit this theory. At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. The ship left the Frankfurt airfield at 7:16 PM and flew over Cologne, and then crossed the Netherlands before following the English Channel past the chalky cliffs of Beachy Head in southern England, and then heading out over the Atlantic shortly after 2:00 AM the next day. Vogel starts to work behind Ritter's back, arresting Boerth and confiscating the Countess's passport. The bomb explodes, killing Ritter instantly and sending Vogel flying down the walkway. The video’s uploader calls it “Best Color Footage,” but of course this is black & white film that has been colorized.) ", "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners. Was this review helpful to you? Plus at the end of the film they did a nice job of integrating existing newsreel footage into the body of the movie. Es waren ganz beeindruckende Aufnahmen Historie und Spielfilm eine gelungene Verbindung. The film stars George C. Scott . Colorized film of Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. Passenger Joseph Späh, a circus performer, escaped by smashing a window with his home movie camera (the film survived the disaster), and held on to the side of the window, jumping to the ground when the ship was low enough, surviving with only a broken ankle. His son Alfred was in the Hitler Youth and died the previous year falling from a synagogue after vandalizing it with slogans. The Hindenburg ( 1975) The Hindenburg. ... there were newsreel film-cameras ... is a … Die Spurensuche führt ihn in das Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen zu Roberts ehemaligem Kollegen Karl Semmle. Die Erstausstrahlung erfolgte am 6. und 7. He concluded, "As it stands, the only way to enjoy the film is to get in the mood for trash and to laugh a lot. This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. Director Robert Wise, known for an attention to detail and background research, began to collect documents and film footage on the real-life Hindenburg for over a year at the National Archives in London, the National Air and Space Museum Library and Archives in Washington, D.C. as well as in Germany. [25], It opened on Christmas Day 1975 (Thursday) and in its opening four-day weekend (Thursday to Sunday) it grossed $3,729,907 from 289 theatres in the United States. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen. Hindenburg ist ein Katastrophenfilm aus dem Jahr 2011 von Philipp Kadelbach mit Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith und Heiner Lauterbach. Wise's research was used to advantage, since the bulk of Zeppelin blueprints were destroyed in World War II. As Herbert Morrison's memorable radio commentary is played, the Hindenburg is seen flying once again, only to disappear again in the clouds as the credits roll. This ends with images of the Hindenburg's construction, immediately transitioning to a colour matte painting of the Hindenburg shown outside its hangar, and along with the opening credits the airship flies by before disappearing into the clouds. Yet I wouldn't have missed a single foolish frame of it. He becomes distracted when he meets attractive model Diedre McCluskey, thinking he's fallen in love. While setting up the bomb, Boerth drops the knife part which is recovered by a crew member. Title: The two-part RTL Television film “Hindenburg” premieres February 6 and 7, 2011. In the film, Radio Officer Willy Speck is seen jumping to his death from a high altitude. Posted By: Dan Grossman February 25, 2017. Werner Franz, a 14-year-old cabin boy, escaped the flames after a water ballast tank overhead burst open and soaked him with water. Filmed largely in color (with a mock newsreel presented in black-and-white at the beginning of the film), a portion of the film is presented in monochrome, edited between portions of the historical Hindenburg newsreel footage shot on May 6, 1937. This is very much a niche film--one that will appeal to some viewers but probably not most. Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water. The following day, with the fire cleared, a narrator lists some of the survivors and casualties of the disaster, as well as some of the possible theories. The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor disaster film based on the disaster. On May 6, 1937, the German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey, while the airship was landing. [9] For the scene where the airship drops water ballast, a matte painting was used, and sugar was dropped through a hole in the windows as water. A half-dozen stunt artists wearing fire-retardant gear were placed in the nose replica as it was set afire; however, the fire quickly got out of control, causing several stunt artists to get lost in the smoke, damaging several cameras filming the action, and nearly destroying the sound stage. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. [29], 1975 American film directed by Robert Wise. A recounting of the infamous 1937 airship disaster and its subsequent investigation. [8] In 1974, while casting took place in United States, pre-production photography was undertaken in Munich (doubling for Frankfurt), Milwaukee, New York and Washington, D.C.[8] Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey would also be a primary location, but Marine Corps Air Station Tustin near Los Angeles (and the Universal Studios sound stages), where two 1,000 ft hangars constructed for airships still existed, doubled for the original Hindenburg mooring station[9] (MCAS Tustin was officially closed by BRAC action in 1999). The zeppelin hangar seen when the Hindenburg departs Germany for America is actually a World War II US Navy blimp hangar located at Tustin, California, the architecture of which is quite different from the actual German zeppelin hangars (the same hangar is also used in the scenes at Lakehurst; a similar hangar was built at Lakehurst in the 1940s, but did not exist in 1937). Directed by Etienne Périer. Der Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg war das bis heute größte Luftfahrzeug. • Colonel Franz Ritter — A Luftwaffe Colonel assigned by Joseph Goebbels to board the Hindenburg as a security officer in response to the bomb threat.
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