(The Miracle of Flight: A Film About a German Pilot)
Directed by: Heinz Paul
Written by: Peter Francke, Heinz Paul
Produced by: Terra
Music: Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography: Hans Schneeberger, Heinz von Jaworsky
Release date: 1935
Running time: 100 minutes
Country: National-Socialist German Reich
Language: German
Starring:
Ernst Udet: Aviator Udet
Jürgen Ohlsen: Heinz Muthesius
Käthe Haack: Mother Muthesius
A youngster, whose father died in the First World War as a fighter pilot, is determined to become an aviator. By chance he got to know the ace-pilot Ernst Udet (the later air force general plays himself here), with whom he is even allowed to fly over the Matterhorn. When he later, now a student of gliding in the Zugspitze region, had to jump off with a parachute, Udet, who heard the radio announcement, rescued him from difficulties in the mountain. The excellent aerial photographs served their purpose at the time, to inspire the air squadrons of the new Germany. The film, which was declared „valuable in terms of state policy“ and „popular education“, was banned by the Allied military government after 1945 with a screening ban.
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