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 name, The Hindenburg, by Michael M. Mooney. 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. Hindenburg began its last flight on May 3, 1937, carrying 36 passengers and 61 officers, crew members, and trainees. Der Film basiert auf dem Absturz des Luftschiffs Hindenburg im Jahre 1937, die Handlung des Films ist weitgehend frei erfunden. This is very much a niche film--one that will appeal to some viewers but probably not most. William Link, ‘Columbo’ and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Co-Creator, Dies at 87, William Link Dies: Co-Creator Of ‘Columbo’, ‘Murder She Wrote’, Was 87, 10 Years After Katrina: The Film Disaster Most Due to Human Error, The Art of Manliness - Part 2 (1962-1984), Charles Holland . 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. The film’s footage also does not always match the plot or narration. Actual film footage of Hindenburg disaster. Roger Ebert's one-star review from the Chicago Sun-Times dismissed it as a failed project, writing: "The Hindenburg is a disaster picture, all right. (1975). The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. Runtime 10:06 Min's. ", "'The Hindenburg' (1975): Fact & Fiction. 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. 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. "[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. 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. Vogel is caught by Ritter in the cargo bay torturing Boerth and gets into a fight with Ritter and is knocked unconscious. Die Spurensuche führt ihn in das Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen zu Roberts ehemaligem Kollegen Karl Semmle. The film stars George C. Scott. The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. 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. There's no tension whatsoever and none of the characters is remotely interesting, let alone sympathetic. In the film, Radio Officer Willy Speck is seen jumping to his death from a high altitude. 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]. "[20] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Technically, the film is a triumph; dramaturgically, it is somewhat less than that. Handlung. "'Hindenburg' just barely holds up". Arnold, Gary (December 26, 1975). Here are some great movies worth streaming that you won't see at the Oscars this year. Blut und Action, Sex und Kinderherzen: Für ihren RTL-Zweiteiler "Hindenburg" fackeln die Filmprofis von Teamworx gewohnt patent alle verfügbaren Effekte ab. [11], The Hindenburg made extensive use of matte paintings to bring the Zeppelin to life. The film stars George C. Scott . • Colonel Franz Ritter — A Luftwaffe Colonel assigned by Joseph Goebbels to board the Hindenburg as a security officer in response to the bomb threat. The short film Hindenburg Explodes (1937) is available for free download at the Internet Archive. 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. [10] Additional locations in Southern California were also chosen. This film is about the Nazi Airship, The Hindenburg. Kompliment! 1980: Bilder, die die Welt bewegten – Dokumentationsreihe, in der Folge Luftschiff Hindenburg – Brand und Absturz (Staffel 1, Folge 7) wird die Hindenburg-Katastrophe behandelt. Director: Robert Wise | Stars: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes. Ritter attempts to defuse the bomb, but is distracted by a now-awakened Vogel and is unable to do so in time. It was the airship’s 63rd flight. So beschreibt der Film eine Situation, in der die Bespannung des Luftschiffs reißt und unter großen Gefahren für einige Mannschaftsmitglieder repariert wird. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen. La structure, construite en duralumin, est constituée de 15 anneaux circulaires séparés de près de 15 m et d'entretoises longitudinales. The film quality on Blu Ray is excellent and the film makers designed the Hindenburg's seating and viewing area identical to the actual air ship. "[24], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film currently holds a score of 36% based on 14 reviews. [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. Die DVD erschien am 11. 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. The Hindenburg is a 1975 film inspired by the disaster, but centered on the sabotage theory. Zeppelin (Originaltitel: Zeppelin), auch bekannt als Zeppelin Das fliegende Schiff, ist ein britisches Filmdrama vom Regisseur Étienne Périer aus dem Jahr 1971. [15] Several aspects of the airship's takeoff and landing procedures were also inaccurate. Februar 2011. Hindenburg: The Last Flight. ... there were newsreel film-cameras ... is a … Comme tous ses prédécesseurs de la firme de Friedrichshafen, le Hindenburg appartient à la catégorie des dirigeables rigides. Although the film is largely accurate to its setting, there were numerous differences between the film and reality. Ritter reluctantly agrees with Boerth to set the bomb to 7:30, when the airship should have landed and passengers disembarked, saying an explosion in flight is the "last thing he wants". Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California. Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions. 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. A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. 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. Many of the fictional characters are based on actual people. 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. The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor disaster film based on the disaster. 6 of 9 people found this review helpful. Morrison's commentary was recorded but not broadcast until later. 13, Iss. Hardwick, Jack and Ed Schnepf. Februar 2011 auf RTL und auf ORF 2. This is the original reel about the famous Hindenburg disaster in 1937, Lakehurst. The video’s uploader calls it “Best Color Footage,” but of course this is black & white film that has been colorized.) Colorized film of Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. How else can you describe a movie that cost $12 million and makes people laugh out loud at all the wrong times? A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom. About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937. For example: Franz Ritter is based on Fritz Erdmann, Karl Boerth is based on Eric Spehl, as well as a few others. 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. Hoehling, author of the 1962 book Who Destroyed the Hindenburg?, also about the sabotage theory, sued Mooney along with the film developers for copyright infringement as well as unfair competition. The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Frank R. McKelvy), Best Cinematography and Best Sound (Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr., John L. Mack and Don Sharpless). 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. Der Regisseur sowie der Autor waren persönlich anwesend um den Film bzw. Directed by Etienne Périer. 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. [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. Boerth was injured from being tortured by Vogel and dies of his burns, but manages to set the Channing's dog free before the ship crashes to the ground. 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. Plus at the end of the film they did a nice job of integrating existing newsreel footage into the body of the movie. However, Judge Charles M. Metzner dismissed his allegations.[3]. Es waren ganz beeindruckende Aufnahmen Historie und Spielfilm eine gelungene Verbindung. Newsreel footage of the 6 May 1937 Hindenburg disaster, where the zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg crashed and burned down, was filmed by several companies.. The Hindenburg has been released on a number of home video formats, including VHS, Betamax, Laser Disc, and DVD. Ritter attempts to arrest him but he resists and requests help from Ritter, who sympathizes with him because Ritter's son was killed in an accident a year before while in the Hitler Youth. Also, at one point Edward Douglas refers to the fact that the German car manufacturer Opel is to be taken over by General Motors "the next day." Jennifer is the daughter of an American chemical producer who wants to suppl… 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. 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. "[22] Pauline Kael voiced her disapproval of the film and Wise's direction with the phrase, "One gasbag meets another. A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. The short film Hindenburg Crash, June 5, 1937 (Disc 2) (1937) is available for free download at the Internet Archive. As the Hindenburg makes its way to Lakehurst Naval Air Station, events conspire against Ritter and Vogel. "[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. To cover up the loss of his knife, Boerth steals a knife from fellow rigger Ludwig Knorr. Hindenburg ein Film von Philipp Kadelbach mit Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith. A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames. The Knight's Cross did not exist in 1937 (when the film is set), first being created at the start of World War II in 1939. While it is all supposition and guesswork, it is pretty exciting. 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. 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. A full-scale section of the Zeppelin's nose was built for the film on Universal Studios' Stage 12, and was set to be destroyed by fire for the film's final destruction sequence. However, given that most people DON'T have this fantasy and Scott is quickly becoming a forgotten name in films, I honestly can't see most people seeing or enjoying the film.The film is a fictionalized account of the final voyage of the Hindenburg. [29], 1975 American film directed by Robert Wise. 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. Some aspects were added for dramatic purposes. The scene when the port fin's fabric rips did not happen to the Hindenburg, but a similar event occurred on the Graf Zeppelin during its first flight to America in 1928. 120 Statisten unter einen Hut zu bringen! The possibility of Boerth's (i.e. The film stars George C. Scott. Musikalisch gehörte Led Zeppelin zu den … In fact, Opel had been taken over completely by GM in 1931, six years previously. Die Hauptrollen spielen Michael York, El… 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.