The Blue Max 1966
Directed by John Guillermin
- War, Action, Adventure, Drama
- 156 min
- PG
Rotten Tomatoes100%
There was no quiet on the Western Front!
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Nov 20199/10
***World War I aerial combat from the German perspective*** During World War I a low-class German soldier, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), transfers from the muddy trenches to the aristocratic air officer corps. Stachel becomes a bit of a fish out of water with his new higher class comrades-in-arms, but this doesn't bother him as Stachel is interested in only one thing: gunning down twenty enemy planes to get the coveted Blue Max, Germany's Medal of Honor. He's so driven that he'll do anything to achieve it, honorably or dishonorably. His success as a fighter pilot prompts a general in Berlin (James Mason) to use him as a propaganda tool, a hero from the lower class who’s "common as dirt." Critics complain that Stachel is unlikable and not a very good hero. It is true that he doesn't seem very friendly, but how friendly would you be with high-class "gentleman" after years of brutal trench warfare? It's also true that he's selfishly ambitious and rebels against the team spirit of the squadron, not to mention direct orders. In addition he's an alcoholic and an adulterer. But, as the General states, he's brave ruthless and driven – precisely what Germany needs at the critical juncture
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Cast
- George PeppardLt. Bruno Stachel
- James MasonGeneral Count von Klugermann
- Ursula AndressCountess Kaeti von Klugermann
- Jeremy KempWilli von Klugermann
- Karl Michael VoglerColonel Otto Heidemann
- Anton DiffringHolbach
- Harry TownesKettering
- Peter WoodthorpeRupp
- Derek NewarkZiegel
- Derren NesbittFabian
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- John GuillerminDirector
- David PursallWriter
- Jack SeddonWriter
- Gerald HanleyWriter
- Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Max BenedictEditor
- Christian FerryProducer
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