The Red Baron
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nikolai Muellerschoen
Axel Prahl
Til Schweiger
Jan Josef Liefers
Julie Engelbrecht
Jan Vlasák
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Synopsis
Europe, 1916. Baron Manfred von Richthofen is, at the age of just 24, the crack pilot of the German aerial combat forces - a legend in his own time, a hero at home and a man both feared and respected by the enemy, including Allied Forces' Canadian pilot, Captain Roy Brown. Von Richthofen and his fellow officers, Lieutenants Voss, Sternberg and Lehmann see their duels in the sky as tactical, almost sportsmanlike, challenges that, at least at first, obscure their view of the horrors of the battlefields below. The provocative red paint job of his Fokker aircraft earns him the nickname "The Red Baron" and makes him famous the world over. For millions of his countrymen, he becomes an idol, a symbol of hope and pride. But the German high command increasingly misuses him for propaganda purposes - until the young pilot falls in love with Käte, a beautiful and resolute nurse who opens his eyes to the fact that there is more to war than dogfights won and adversaries downed. Manfred von Richthofen finally becomes aware of his role in the propaganda machine of a senseless and barbarous war. On another, more personal front, his ambitious and patriotic brother Lothar questions his chivalrous code of honor. But despite the heavy losses in his squadron and torn between his disgust for the war and his responsibility to his fighter wing, von Richthofen cannot stop flying. But even for this living legend, each new combat mission could be his last.
Director
Nikolai Muellerschoen
Cast
Axel Prahl
Til Schweiger
Jan Josef Liefers
Julie Engelbrecht
Jan Vlasák
Ralph Misske
Volker Bruch
Joseph Fiennes
Gitta Schweighoefer
Tino Mewes
Karsten Kaie
Matthias Schweighoefer
Maxim Mehmet
Lena Headey
Steffen Schroeder
Hanno Koffler
Crew
Franziska Aigner-kuhn
Jan Sebastian Ballhaus
Ulrich Beck
Stefan Busch
Jens Doeldissen
Petr Forejt
Rainer Gombos
Stefan Hansen
Mirka Hyzikova
Petra Klimek
Jindra Koci
Rene Kock
Milena Koubkova
Nico Krebs
Dan Maag
Emmelie Mansee
Klaus Merkel
Klaus Merkel
Nikolai Muellerschoen
Nikolai Muellerschoen
Roland Pellegrino
Dirk Reichardt
Thomas Reisser
Olivia Retzer
Gerd Schneider
Gudrun Schretzmeier
Philip Schulz-deyle
Martin Sebik
Yvonne Von Wallenberg
Jeremy Zimmermann
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Released in United States Spring March 19, 2010
Limited Release in United States March 19, 2010
Released in United States Spring March 19, 2010
Limited Release in United States March 19, 2010
